74 Duster, resto mod 6.4 front end rebuild questions

DionR said
The column body has a fair amount of adjustment. The bolts under the dash are slotted and the plate on the end that bolts to the firewall slide up and down. Could that make up the difference?

Can you slide the bottom of the column towards the center of the car to make more room for the shaft to pass that header tube?

Any issues with turning the wheel? The coupler is wider one way compared to the other and it might fit fine but crash when you spin it.

Yea the coupler tags the pipe but its like it needs to slide down the shaft closer to the box. Only other thought i had after research is if it has somehow colapsed? However thinking maybe use the flaming river coupler as gets rid of the fat coupler creating more space for the pipes etc
Anyone used one of these?