318 exhaust manifolds on a 360

I made it to my mechanic friend's place and got some good pics of a '68 Cuda 318, manual steering and column shift. Right off the bat I noticed that the column shift has a longer collar coming from the fire wall which looks like it might interfere with the mag manifold. But with manual steering there's a ton of room compared to P/S. I'm not saying that the Mag manifold will fit but there is a lot more room. In my '69 barracuda w/P/S there's more room at the rear because of the shorter collar but less room near the front because of the P/S. There have been many posts about these a-bodies and mag manifolds but I don't remember one post about a car that came with a console shifter and had manual steering but had the column swapped out for a P/S column because that would be the car with the most room near the front and near the back. You can compare the pics yourself because the mechanic wouldn't let me remove the diver's manifold to experiment.
The first pic is a repeat of the one I posted earlier (P/S, '69 cuda, 340 manifold)
The second and third pic is 68 cuda, manual steering, column shift AND 340 manifold.
Forth pics show the longer collar on the manual steering, column shift car.
Fifth pic shows how the thickness of the mag manifold would interfere with the longer collar.
Last pic shows the short collar on my '69 Cuda P/S shaft.

So my question would be....Has anyone who has a car with power steering column (short collar), a console shifter and a manual steering box ever tried one of these magnum manifolds?? A car with these components would have the best chance of using the magnum manifold on the driver's side. Now don't get crazy on me and say, "Mopar ever put a P/S column on a manual steering car!!!" Yes, yes I know that but that's not the question. Members are asking if it's possible to use a magnum manifold in a the late 60s a-body and I'm just trying to see if it's possible. I know for a fact that some members have many extra parts and could, if they wanted to, put a P/S column in a manual steering car. I also know that you could say that it would cost too much to convert the steering column just to save someone from buying headers. But remember....some people don't like headers and don't want headers (no matter how cheap or expensive they are). I personally would not mind converting my column if I knew it would allow me to use one of these magnum manifolds because I will never put headers on my car.

Does anyone know the answer to the question above???
Treblig