It makes a great swap, although you may have to cut into the firewall a little.
A little??? Come on Don---I had to recess the firewall in the Wild Canary 4" to get a small block Chev in there. I would think that if you run a stock wheelbase and a stock length hood you would need a minimum 6" recess for a Ford engine with stock waterpump, even running an electric fan. I have it floating around somewhere in my head that a stock Ford engine is 3" longer than a Chev smallblock with a short waterpump on it.---Brian