RN Saloon info (if any)

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More of a follow on about the identity and what is original and what is not on this car. Late Ocober 1932 RN, this vehicle has a four speed box, rag uni at front and Carden rear. There is severe slop sideways in the Carden. The clearances beween the rear of the gearbox and body are minimal and the nuts on the rag clear the handbrake assembly bits by about 3mm. All this leads me to believe the original box was three speed. With the rags nuts removed in is only possible to move the tailshaft less than 10mm into the Carden meaning the shaft cannot be moved far enough back to remove the tailshaft. the only way to remove it is to move the engine forward, not such a big deal, remove the radiator and undo the exhaust from the chassis, then the engine pipe will not clear so the engine will have to lifted as well unless I unbolt the engine pipe from the manifold with the risk of breaking the studs. Now I have a spare carden and the tailshaft really should allow more fore and aft movement than it currently has, so I am tempted to move the carden as far forward as I can, get the angle grinder ito the gap and cut the studs flush. After this bit of butchery I will have the existing shaft shortend to enable reassembly and the correct amount of fore and aft movement.
Any comments will be appreciated.