1965 c10 engine swap mate to 3 spd

[kljfamily]

Hello,

1965 c10 pickup stepside

Engine swap from the 230 to a 1977 c10 250

Original 65 3 spd 3 on tree manual tranny

Engine is in and running. Finished restore on 65 tranny and placing bell housing on installed engine it doesn’t seem to fit. The bolt holes all line up but it seems like the starter is in the way.

Do I need to remove the starter and then reinstall once the bell housing is on?

Or will this swap not work with the 1977 250 and the 65 3 spd. Only other option would be to cut the bellhops if to fit but don’t want to make a dumb mistake before I asked the group.

Thanks