Cannot get full front suspension rebound.

Is the upper A-Arm hitting a spot below the pivot point? My 69 has a gusset on both sides that hit my QA1 tubular a arms. The gusset is a folded piece of metal welded to the frame. It clears the stock stamped "7" shaped arm but not tubular "O" arms. See the pics below of what I'm talking about. You can see what the paint came of from hitting my arm. I caught this as I was putting them on.