I think she is going foreward and has thanked us for now. My advice now is: Do what you think will make a great wedding present in your Dad's spirit. Keep that engine in your back yard, covered up, until you REALLY know what it is. It may sound crazy that so many guys want you to use it if it's the proper one, but preserving these old trucks and their parts is what the Stovebolt is about. It's OK to modify and swap as you wish, lots of people do that. The fact that you are saving it is great. It can always be brought back to original. That's what a Stovebolter will do someday. Congratulations to you and the newly weds. We really do want to see it and the engine, we live for that. A 305 is OK to use. I have one, runs great. Someone PLEASE help her post pics!!!!!