Dang Michael, I wish I’d have known you were going to order a new alternator stand. I have a freshly powder coated 356/912 breather gathering dust in my garage. IIRC, Gene Berg makes a stand to put them on a Type 1 engine.
I don’t know if that would have helped or hurt, but it would look cool.
When I did my Shroud/thermostat flapper project, I was going to use it, but I figured it would be wasted on a Spyder and bought the angled EMPI filler instead.
ps: IIRC, Eric’s (Formerly EVCO House of Hose) sells the original aluminized/cardboard-type heater hose in a variety of sizes.