Wow. I grew up in Rochelle Park until I was 7 years old and my Dad came home from work one day and told my Mom to pack up the 4 of us kids, we're moving South. His big beef was how excruciating his daily work commute had become.
I would be more concerned that the mounting surface for the clutch is the same distance from the back crankshaft flange and the weights of the wheels were close. I'm assuming these are both 168 tooth wheels.
My father never owned a hydraulic lifter equipped vehicle until he bought a new 1966 Ford Custom 500 with a 289/Cruiseomatic in 1966. He insisted he do tune-ups every 5000 miles and my 14 year old argument to omit lashing the valves was ignored. At about 35000 miles we (meaning me) had to do a...