[rotorwrench]

You will need the 59 series front cover, early water pumps, 59 series cam, and 59 series timing gears if you want the thrust to work like a 59 series. A 59 series distributor & ignition set up or a crab type if you prefer. The oil pan from a 1949 thru 51 Mercury car with the bell housing, flywheel, and B&B clutch will all work well. Truck stuff with a 10-inch Long type clutch will work too but it's a little deeper pan and has the dust seal set up on the back. They use the 10-inch clutch on a lot of pickups but larger trucks have the 11-inch Long and it's a heavy bugger. Any of the 8BA family of flywheels can be redrilled for 9 or 10 inch Long type clutches. All are good and lighter than the 11-inch. Venting is where a person may need to go with a PCV valve rather than try to use a road draft tube or mess with the front right corner of the oil pan. Intake manifolds for some aftermarket applications of 8BA family may be preferable to the early type 59 series but those can be made to work I'm sure.

Your 8BA block will need two coolant ports plugged at the front to run 59 series heads. It's all been done before and it gives more choices for transmission changes.