Definitely a bad day Nancy. I would have pitched a fit about the oil filter. Here is a link to some offset upper control arm shafts. As Ric mentioned it's not uncommon on these old cars to have frame sag, especially with a big block. Unfortunately you have to pull the upper control arms, the shaft has to be installed when the bushings are pressed into the control arm.
http://www.summitracing.com/search/y...ft-type/offset