About 20 years ago one of the hot rod magazines (I think Rod and Custom) did a series buildup on an orange, full fendered Model A with a 302/C4 in it. The project was entitled "California Orange." This was before short water pump kits, and they got it in there rather easily, with no major chopping of the firewall.

I'll try to find the article and post it (my Son Don bought me a scanner, so I am out of the dark ages............now I just have to figure out how to use it ) It went into pretty detailed info on what all they did to get the engine and tranny in there, and it ran well when completed, according to the wrapup article they did.

Don