5.7 in 65 Cuda w/tube axle

I've got clearance problems on the steering linkage w/new oil pan. Has anyone found any modified pans to fit this? The two options we've discussed are tunneling this pan or moving the linkage to the front of the axle. Neither is appealing.

Linkage to the front won't work for me because w/the tube axle, it will look ugly as sin. Tunneling will be a bit of work but that's probably the next step unless someone has a trick I don't see. My buddy had a 67 Hemi GTX he tunneled for a 10 qt pan so I've seen it done before.

When I put the axle under it in 1968, we left all the steering gear stock with the same attachments so this should be the same problem anybody else has encountered.