Don't feel bad. When I got the used TCI Model A chassis, and set the steering box and pitman arm up with the tie rod, and welded the steering box mount to the chassis, it ended up placing the Vega steering box so that I had to drill a hole in the motor mount underneath, to get the input shaft for the steering box to line up correctly, and nothing would be in a bind. I have photos of ther fiasco somewhere; I'll see if I can dig them up.
Oh well, it's Hot Rodding. If it was easy, everybody would do it, right?