That thang would look awesome now if it was still black!

-j/k
I think you nailed the look of it this time. That is about the perfect stance, IMO.
I also can relate to the linkage binding thing. My brother and I nearly died in a runaway '68 Pontiac when I was 16. That bad boy had the 350HP 400 H.O. and the motor mount broke at WOT and I didn't know it was hung until I tried to let off at nearly 90 MPH. I panicked at that age, and instead of just turning switch off, and I slammed on the brakes when it was wide open and it got sideways and spun it out off the side of the road. It has been raining, and the car was spinning so hard that it wasn't really going anywhere after it spun around a few times, and I finally got it cut off.
It gave me a new respect for non binding linkagesand having good motor mounts!