collector hangs low

What size are your front tires? How much room is there between the control arm bumpers? Less than 1" and you can stand to raise it up. If your tires on the front are too short, taller ones will help raise it up too. Remember......your goal was to build a street car with a late 60s early 70s flair. Some of those sat pretty high. Certainly not as low as all this modern stuff.