Bought a Rockwell 21-120 Mill
As you suspected, running the 1 1/2 hp under load, may be too much. The note about quill travel; The Rockwell quill is 3" diameter, 7 1/4" long. It is wide for the R8 spindle. Down feed rack length is 3". The Bridgeport M head quill is 2.56" diameter, 8 3/4" long. It uses B&S 7, MT#2 or B3 .