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Dale,
I would tend to agree with some of the other comments about cars with an engine swap. Those things rarely work out well due to motor mounts being in a different place requiring "jack leg" modifications which may result in interference with other things beneath the hood. I made the mistake of buying a car (a '58 Mercury) which had been subject to an engine swap. Because of sentimental reasons I didn't dump the car, but it ended up costing me around $8,000 to get things back the way they were originally.
As for the question about the speedometer, the car originally had a long cable that ran from the transmission to the speedometer. It shouldn't be to difficult to acquire an cable and simply change the drive gear on the transmission end of it, in the assumption the keeper is compatible. Otherwise you might just have to determine the year of the transmission and come up with the longest cable you can find that will reach the speedometer. Speedometer ends of cables were pretty much the same regardless of year or make.
Personally, I would recommend you find another car to buy. One with at worst case only some restoration issues.
Jim
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