Hey Kevin, take a deep breath and drink a beer or three and get back in there. These linkages are like those homemade horseshoe/chain puzzles Grampaw used to make. Sounds like you have a '54 truck with all of the '54 linkage parts. Is that correct? If so, you are in great shape.
It gets dicey when one is trying to gather parts from different years because there are different pivot points, rod lengths depending on the year. It doesn't sound like you are cursed with that scenario.
Carl
