Originally Posted by cmcdonnell

Thanks for the thoughts...I told them to go ahead. They do the rebuilding in the shop, replace all of the soft parts, then replace hard parts as needed. I guess I will be keeping the car for quite a while now if all goes well. Engine runs great with no trace of anything on the plugs. Plenty of power and incresed responsiveness after a couple of 10 hour round trips and a 40 hour round trip to Baltimore for Christmas. Brakes are all good. In the past year I replaced the starter, voltage regulator,battery and tires with new parts, dashboard, driver seat, and numerous switches and controls from donor cars. Nearly got heat stroke polishing the paint. So I guess it is just the cost of driving a nice old car to rebuild the major things as needed.