What's wrong with a square peg in a round hole? You just grind down the corners and bash it through with a mallet no? Alas, it cannot be. I wasn't sure if it was as obviously impossible as it seemed lol, but of course it is. I mean, NOMINALLY you plainly can't put 1 1/8" into a hole 1" across, I just thought maybe the ACTUAL dimensions allowed for fudging but it's not like that. (As you guys already know)

I decided on a compromise, I'm going to utilize the threaded carbon forks I have and mate them to a modern looking stem like a Deda Murex (which also fit the 26.0 bars I bought so win/win). Now I need to get myself a headset, and my front end will be put-togetherable!

Thanks guys for your replies. I definitely google stuff, and read Sheldon, and search the forum...but at the end of the day I like to talk to someone who's already done it. More often than not you can get a little knowledge that you wouldn't otherwise, or avoid a headache that you didn't foresee, or learn a trick or two to make life easier.