only intelligent thing i can think to say is that according to a friend who used to build and race funny cars, oil can seal a leaky valve as well as bad rings.

i am not sure why it is smoking so much.

for starters i would adjust the valves.

does it have a diaphram fuel pump? mechanical?

i have a vague memory of leaking fuel pump diaphrams causing oil consumption, but that may have been on my 53 caddy which had a combination fuel and vacuum pump.

are you runninng clean gasoline?

tom w

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