Before going whole hog and trying to put the engine/transmission in the car, I thought it best to do a test fit. Fortunately, no problems were found.
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This wasn't too bad. I maneuvered the transmission into the car (that part was not fun--it's 50 pounds and awkward) and verified that the custom transmission mount would line up. It does. I had to 'clearance' the heater box a little, but it's not visible.
The hardest part was recreating the clutch slave cylinder line. I decided to stick with the original slave cylinder, which meant the hard line had to be shortened and rerouted to the other side of the transmission. That took a couple of hours, but the results look pretty good.
Now that everything fits, it's time to put it all together.