Innovation is a good thing, but not if it leads to hassles in everything else you put on the car. I hope that works for you, but I would mock up the entire driveline. I have a 72 duster that I bought with the 340 4 spd already in it. The previous owner liked to be "innovative" and used a B-body clutch fork and pivot. Needless to say it didn't line up so he torched the pushrod and bent it to get it to work. I found out this was done on the side of the street when it snapped. Just one example of what I have to go back and fix right after his "innovative" ways of doing it the first time.