Paul,
You are indeed correct. The "Q" motors (that I have worked on) are just SBCs that have been rotated 180 (flywheel forward) and strapped to stringers. The cam drives the distributor on the flywheel end of the engine and the crank to cam drive/timing is on the other end. The only real difference is that the starter rotates clockwise on the reverse rotation engine which causes the engine crank to rotate counterclockwise. This "reverse" rotation is eliminated at the crank to cam by using gear to gear (no chain) timing without an idle gear. So the cam and oil pump and distributer all rotate in the same direction as all "normal" rotation SBCs. I don't know a thing about the "F" motors and I have no clue as to why CC wants to change cylinder numbering based on which way the flywheel faces.
Oh congrats on the FINE work ya'll did and remind me to never showup on one of your project sites!
I tried to search the site on "31" to pullup all the posts on the most popular model CC made in the late 60s to early 70s the 31' Commander and didn't get any hits, are numbers not indexed and searchable? I maybe changing gears to a 31' and you said your Dad has a nice 31' any chance of a photo layout with stats ie. fuel consumption, usual problems, known issues, speed, handling etc.
TIA
Wes