Several 'bolters have done this project will good results. But dropping in a v8 is no less work than the 6.
ftyler is absolutely correct in his assertion. Personally, if it were my truck a modern 6 or V8 would only get in over my dead body. I would hold out for a 261 chev, or 270 or 305 jimmy; something much more period correct. But then I'm real partial to old school.
Boo Radley
