340 Exhaust Manifolds on Early A-Body??

I have a set of the 340 manifolds that I paid quite a lot for. I never could get them to install correctly on my '65 Barracuda. I had the engine on a lift with nothing else in the bay and I could never see how to get the driver's side to fit - mainly I think because the power steering gear was right in the way. Even if I had used a grinder to grind out notches the output of the collector still sat at such an angle that I would never be able to get the exhaust pipe connected. Maybe it works with manual steering setups.