250 / 700r4 combo in a my 51 3800 series pick-up

[lmdangerous]

I have finally finished the disc brake swap, and by the way thanks to everyone who helped , Ill be glad to give anyone the photos, and parts list -it really was not that hard- just had to figure it out.
Now i have a nice 250 six, and I have spoken for a 700r4 trans. I like the granny 4 speed , and the 235 runs ok, but the later combo just makes more sense to me. Has anyone run this in a 3/4 or 1 ton pick up. I dont want a race car , I have 3, but I would like to be able to pull mine to the race track.
Also will the auto column shifter from a car ( EARLY 50'S) year work on my stock column, or could I adapt the 3 speed truck( collumn shifter) ? I have seen this done on some other stuff and it looked really good, and stock. I really dont want to change the collumn, and I would like for it to look stock as possible.
thanks LMD