I noticed a funny thing on my 39 Chevy about 4 years after I bought it. Doing a through cleaning inside and out I noticed a small logo on the bottom of the windshield glass. It stated "FOMOCO". Yes I must admit that I was scared at first, but 10 years or more later the truck hasn't fallen apart or anything.
Of course now my daily driver is an 98 F150 and the other day I would have bought a sweet little 31 model A pickup had I the cash ....
Maybe their is some weird voodoo in there ....
Don't worry, a head check and a few meds later and I'm back to focusing on my one and only Chevy.
As to the parts working together? I'm sure with the right machining you can get anything to work with anything these days.