I'm going to say I'd like to see everything put together. Why ? Because I can't see what the clearances are for the brakes hardware to the rim, what the angle of the head tube is, what the rake of the fork does towards aligning the tire to the down tube for clearance. Even the pedal clearances are when the tire is being turned. This fork may be properly aligned when all of that goes together ? See what I mean ?

http://chuck.kichline.com/bikes/Univega/Univega.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/...652b369ccf.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1079/...436824cda9.jpg

every one of them seems to have a straighter drop after the bottom of the head tube and then the rake of the fork aligns & orients the wheel properly ?

Another couple of looks:

http://www.fiataccompli.com/bike/pho..._as_bought.jpg
http://oldtenspeedgallery.com/blog/w...-premio-01.jpg
http://www.fiataccompli.com/bike/pho..._as_bought.jpg

Almost looks as though the alignment is intended in the design ?