Moved the engine to the basement this weekend to start the refresh and find out why I have a sticky valve in cyl. #3. I have all winter to play with it so I'm in no hurry. Not very pretty now but hope to have a brand new looking/running engine by next spring when I can work on the bodywork when it warms up. Winters suck.I]

Well, it doesn't look factory fresh but, it doesn't show any damage from oil, coolant or exhaust leaks either:)

If you are going to rebuild the engine, make sure you do everything.

It is not that much more expensive to do a complete tear down and bearing replacement etc. and you will then be confidant in having a fresh engine.

Plus you can get the block cleaned and repainted to brighten it up:bulb:

yeah, the PO says it ran excellent 5 years ago. before that it was last run in 1984. 108000 original miles. Inspection after teardown will determine the level of rebuild.