Bret you think you have it bad, at least people are relatively nice to you. I like most everyone here, including you even if you did buy the car I wanted.
I tend to stay out of these threads anymore, but I figured I would chime in just a bit. I always get ostracized for my choice of fuel here.
Just down the road from Wake Forest in Raleigh, there are three E85 pumps. You can run any compression ration you can get with flat tops and whatever iron head you have with it. About the most you will get is 13:1 and that is well within the range of E85.
The biggest change you would need to make is the carb, and you could run your car on it. My 70 has been running it since 07, and Cliff has helped me out immensely with my Qjet conversion project. The nice thing about running ethanol is you dont have to worry about detonation, it runs cooler, its cheaper, doesnt leave nearly as much carbon in the engine, (straight ethanol doesnt leave any carbon) and can make more low and mid range power that pump gas easily.
The drawbacks are you use more and with low compression engines you will get worse mileage, also there are only three pumps in Raleigh with none in Wake Forest(that I know of). An increase in compression can make more power along with getting better mileage, just how much is something I am working on this year. Will let anyone interested know this summer.
Just saying. Its an option since there are three pumps not too far away.
Now back to the regular schedule of lurking and watching the drama/arguments.