If you haven't yet ruled out using new AS boards, you could mock one up out of thick cardboard, or some other easily worked material, to see how hard it would be to get it to fit. Cheaper and easier than using a real board. I did it successfully, right on through to mounting a lens and shooting, with an old Century Graphic once.
That must be some project if it requires *ten* or more boards...
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