heater box

[OKGMC4]

I have a plan to use double ended studs (like manifold studs) all the way through the firewall where the hood hinge bolts normally go. They would serve as hood mounting studs on one side and bracket mounts inside. Thinking of running angle iron all the way across the inside from one stud to the other as a solid mounting point. You'd still have to make some kind of bracket any way you go about it.