Hey Mike, that looks really nice! I'm sure it willl work well. How is the rest of the car coming along? I hope you are making some progress and will get her on the road.
I ended up turning down a spacer for mine - about 0.590" to get it all lined up right, but, making the spacer was simple and far less time consuming than doing a new crank and water pump pulley. There are so many variations of front cover, pump, damper, and pulley sets for a SB Ford it isn't even funny. That is one area that I think the SB Chevy motor had a distinct advantage - front dress. I've not worked on a lot of SB Chevys but the few I have worked on seemed to be the same, although spread apart in years and application. Heck, the SB Ford has changes in mid-year for the same application sometimes.
There definitely is a market for someone to produce a timing cover, with provision for fuel pump, that uses a reverse rotation pump, short style, and couple it with a off the shelf pulley set and spacer with a commonly available alternator and sell it as a set. I don't know how many times I've played this game with a SB Ford, this is just the first time with a old style cover.
Glad to hear you are back at it!
Ron