My 71 Duster Project

Here are some pictures of the transmission I brough back from my Dad's. When it was in the car, the clutch pedal was super stiff and it would eat throwout bearings like crazy! After we removed it, it appears as though it has a B body tailshaft on it and the crossmember was rigged to accept that style tailshaft. It also moved the motor back 2.5in and since the tranny was hard mounted, the motor and tranny sat at an angle. That would explain all the problems and the weird hack job in the floorpan. Well, I received the 4 speed hump and when I went to line it up, the shifter was too far forward. Here is my plan to fix this and make it all right...Ordered a B/E style tailshaft from Brewers performance (see pic example) since it is the same length as the B tailshaft. Once I swap that out it should move the motor back to its original location since I am using the correct crossmember and should move the shifter back farther. I plan to machine a bracket to move the shifter to the A body position (I saw an example/template on the Big Block Dart page). Am I going in the right direction with this? Thanks!

Ken