Push Rod Engines

I recently bought an 04 GMC 1/2T. I do have "some" misgivings. I decided the "car I drive" is gonna be a pickup, and that I WANT NO overhead cam "V" engine of any kind. NONE. I also did not want the Ferd spark plug problems. I would have bought a hemi, but the later ones don't "sit" well with me, and the no1 plug is so far back I can't even reach it, much less no7. "We'll see" if this was wise.