I looked at the tie rods yesterday and they appear to be nearly parallel with the front of the cross member and in line with the center link. They do go uphill to the spindles, due to the lowering kit. The cross member couldn't go any farther forward because the center link only clears the pitman and idler arms by less than 1/4". I really appreciate all you guys helping talk through this, I just hope we figure it out some day.

'65 C-10, 65 L-60, 65 C-80, 72 C-60 & and a bunch of old Chevy cars.
Never time to do it right, always time to do it over.