hook up hoist to slant six

I changed a 225 slant six in a 1967 van. What a pain it was... It had a spacer on it to adapt it to a 727 tf and a spacer on the flexplate also. It had to be done through the side door and when I tried to line it up to the trans the slant of the motor wouldn't allow it to line up properly. I'll never do one of those again!