I for one wish you had the original 305, but you got it with the 350 so like Mama June says "Uh...It is what it is, you know" so go with it. Now if on the other hand you already had a 305 and were following the derp crowd, ripping the historic motor out to put a cookie-cutter SBC in there, well I'm sure we'd all have to kill ya.
So yeah, post that progress! Let's see more pics! Saving old iron is worth it.
No need to get hung up on something that happened before you came along.