tubular motor stands

[kevncar]

I bought a set of used tubular motor stands and went to check the fit of everything the other day.




these are the stands from performanceonline.com

As you can see, they don't come anywhere close to making the bolt holes. I took a look at thier webpage and an article in Classic Trucks magazine and noticed it looks like they cut a moon shaped section out of the frame to make them fit. Check out this picture and maybe you can see where they narrowed the top leg of the channel frame. (very bottom picture)

http://www.performanceonline.com/sto...cat=632&page=1

I have already emailed thier tech support to make sure this is what needs to happen, but I'm sure that's what they are going to come back with.

My question is do you guys think I should narrow the top of the frame like that or cut the existing angle off the motor stand and weld on one with a longer angle to reach over to the bolt holes?

Thanks in advance