[CobraV8]

Mike you are right, it is a lakewood bellhousing. I recently had a starter problem and suspected the bellhousing alignment to be the cause, however it turned out the brand new starter itself was defective.
If the alignment was so far off to break the clips on the throwout bearing I think there would be some real problems with the transmission input shaft.
But you're right, you never know with these aftermarket bellhousings.

What about the clip on the clutch fork? Did Ford produce several styles of pivots and forks?