Tight fit

Putting my Rb motor in my 68 Cuda. It has a QuickTime bellhousing. As you can see in the picture the bracket for the z bar hits the body. Motor still needs to go back a little more. Anybody else run into this? I don't want to just smash it in with a hammer. Thinking about cutting an access hole and then have a bolt in cover. Thoughts??

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