[b-man]

Thanks for the offer Bill, I will take you up on this once I get to that point.

Replacing the original front seal with a modern lip seal is a must-do on these early V8s.

I've wanted one of these for a while, and finding this one a mere 20 miles away was a stroke of luck.

I simply couldn't pass up this little jewel, it turns over nicely using two hands on the balancer and fells like it still has some compression.

After further inspection and some clean up I very well may rebuild the carb, pull the valve covers, put some new oil in it, replace the filter, squirt some oil in the cylinders to lube the pistons/rings and fire it up.