What would you guys recommend.

To be put into a '48 2-ton.
A used '61?, mileage unknown 261 (3 hours away) or a rebuilt '58 235 long block with a 848 head (an hour away)? Same price.

I would have to change out front motor mount plate and get water pump adapter on both.
261: would probably need a couple of other tweaks that I have been reading about.
235: I could transfer most of the parts from my cracked '48 235. Can I use the same distributor, carburetor, remote oil filter?

Anything else I not thinking about?

Thanks for any input offered. D.

Last edited by Diamond_D; 09/25/2018 2:40 PM.