magnum manifolds in a early a

ok this is for all you guys running the Dakota/ram manifolds in your early a.
what did you do to get them to fit? I can get the passenger one in no problem the drivers hits the column coupler and the gearbox when I pulled the column out to get a better look. my car is a 66 valiant with a 318 magnum / 904 running the stock V8 mounts. I have a set of the stock 273 manifolds but would like to run the magnums.
any advise / help is greatly appreciated.