well it just showed up, I now have my answer as the why the back wheel was spaced too far back. the mounts had been cut off and moved back for some reason.
Forks are acutally pretty nice, just need to be blasted again and painted but they are working etc.. Don't know if I will bother with finding a wheel/and funky axle. Like I stated earlier, I have mickey wheels to use if I build it up.
Definitly want to try and find some really tall bars for it!