74 Duster 4 speed adjustments

The vin says it is a real 360 car, VS29L4*******. Everything looks stock in the engine compartment, the bell housing is correct and so is the trans. The pedal to Z-bar rod was never removed from the car, even though I got a new one with the new shifter parts. The plastic moon halves are brand new as are the ball studs( they are exactly like the old ones). The bell housing ball stud bracket matches the one I took out, I even tried the old one in place for conformation. When I adjusted for clearance on the throw-out bearing, it gave me approx. 1" free play at the pedal. The shifter was bench adjusted and rechecked once in the car and the rods hooked back up. Thanks guys for asking and answering questions, it helps me to verify that I'm covering all the bases. Dion, thanks for the Brewer's pic. It looks like I do have the wrong one, perhaps someone put it on for clearance with the old headers?