Thanks Richard. Looking at my SFI book it has the bar located up higher than I had my original dash bar so that along with what you just said makes me think I'm on the right ''track''. (no pun intended). I'm moving forward with that location. I'm only welding it in enough to hold it in place for now anyway. Once everything is done I'm tearing the car down and putting the chassis back on the rotisserie to finish weld all the tabs & bars & then squirt some paint on it before final assembly.
Thanks for your replies.
I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe this thing will actually run one of these days.