That's a good question. I looked at your kit again and it might be cutting it a little close since you have the newer center mount post. An older railmount would have been offset to the side a little more, allowing a bass drum mounted cymbal to sit in a bit. There are probably some decent pictures in the gallery of bass drum mounted cymbals to get you in the ballpark of where the placement is. The only bass drum mounted cymbal I have is on my Downbeat kit and that's a 20" bass drum.

Since you're not really dealing with a completely era-specific kit, anyway, you might want to just hold the cymbal and arm in place, manually and get an idea of where the edge of your ride cymbal is going to need to sit in relation to your tom tom.

It appears to be mounted in the center of the shell, between the two sets of lugs to the right...

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Of course, you CAN swing the cymbal arm away from the bass drum and the place the tilter section in such a way as to compensate for the outward angle of the arm, itself. Lots of pictures show this. But, I'll tell you, I recommend that you try and keep that cymbal arm as vertical as possible, because it lessens the tendency of the arm to "spin" and grind itself in the hole of the mount.

There are newer versions of this mount that have a memory lock. If I were you, I would consider that as an option to the era-specific 70's version you are considering.

I think I will just put it where it feels right then. I may end up just using a snare stand for the rack tom is this becomes an issue, but If I check this before it goes on it should be fine. Thanks for your help O-Lugs! Clapping Happy2