The strut/damper shouldn't alter the ride height unless it was seized. The springs carry the vehicle's weight, the dampers are there to stop the oscillations of the springs.
If you can rebuild everything I would start measuring. Are the panel gaps between the wing/door/bonnet consistent from side to side and the gap between the front doors and back doors to rear wings?
If they are consistent measure wheel center to wing edge at 12 o'clock, 9 and 3. Then measure front wheel center to rear wheel center.
I forgot to ask if there was any evidence of a stress marks on the original top mount.
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