I don't know the car personally Don, but I believe you are correct. What this demonstrates is the builder, in an effort to do the job "on the cheap" didn't want to relocate the engine within the frame, so in putting the rear of the engine in relation to the firewall, ended up with the spindle centerline way too far back. I suspect the same happened in the rear, trying to keep the spring hangers in stock location caused the rear axle to be too far forward.

As for '06 wishes, may yours be even better than mine! And Merry Christmas.