Agreed, I do what I need to or want to on my cars. Hack it up to make it work if you need to.
I did on my air cleaner base on my Roached Runner to clear the taller Edelbrock intake and 2 stage nitrous plate.
For as rare as those seem to be and the money they are commanding, especially as one that looks as good as yours does, it would be wise to go another route.
I have a 70-71 that needs restoration, it looks fairly well used. I was told it was worth $350 USD minimum.