Today I swapped forks. My son's bike, the "dumpster bike" because I found it in a rolloff container out in Moab, became the donor of the original OEM Girvin fork I bought for my Indian project back in the day. It was period correct, but I didn't realize at the time that those forks had two heights, a large (200mm from crown to bottom of clamp) and a small (163mm from crown to clamp).
The large resulted in too many spacers needed to make it work. I'd been gifted with another fork, the one pictured earlier from a friend that has the K2 "Smart Shock" that uses a battery to adjust the shock damping on the fly and it's the "small". I not only felt this was far too sophisticated for a cruiser, but requires maintenance due to the battery and just doesn't fit my simple bulletproof cruiser concept.
After some measuring time today I realized that the "tall" fork was both simpler and fits the Della's dimensions better and that the "small" would fit his headtube length better, so I swapped them. My son now has a very cool and still vintage correct fork, but it fits with more precision regarding Girvin's specs.
Ignoring all the specs, I still want the look I want, but keeping the geometry of the fork that makes it work, I'd like to go for aesthetics and still plan to modify the "Tall" fork to suit my needs. It's going to require some welding that's beyond my means, but at least it will be all my ideas. I'll let you all know what my welder thinks.