I was thinking of trying one more time with the fit as I am going to be taking out the trans, clutch & flywheel to try & locate an
oil leak from the back of the block. I have already replaced the rear seal twice now so I have no choice to really find where the leak is coming from. Anyway... I thought that a reason why the Mcleod would not fit is beacuse I tried to install the engine & trans at the same time so I thought that if I pull the trans then why not give it a shot. I thought that I should take some measurements just to get started. It is a good thing I did. All it took was one measurement to realize that it it still wouldn't fit. I measured the distance from the back of the block to the firewall and the mCleod bellhousing is more than 1/2" too long. Oh well. This is not to say that it won't work in other Cobras but in a Kirkham it won't.
Later
Ed