Alternator
The area for the alternator is tight. Fortunately Rousch makes a nice aluminum bracket, that fits in the space, with about a quarter inch of clearance from the adjacent chassis. A Powermaster GM style one wire alternator ( 100 amp) in polished aluminum, PWM-27294, worked well, with about three quarters of an inch of clearance on the back side.
A crank pulley spacer, Ford Racing part # M-8510-C351, (.950 inch) resulted in a perfect alignment of the crank and water pump pulleys. The water pump pulley bumped against one of the support fins on the water pump, but once an eighth inch of metal was filed away from the pump it cleared with no further drama. We used the pulley supplied with the alternator rather than a larger one, since most of our driving will be cruising, not racing, in the lower RPM range. The project was finished with a 36 inch belt.
Once we receive the bracket for the AC compressor we will install it and the water hoses, thus completing the front of the engine, after which the fire wall will go back in place.