[Verdoro 68]

Now that we've got the suspension and brakes taken care of on the Ventura, I'm starting to think about what to do with the engine. We fired it up last night and it blew gobs of blue smoke. No real surprise there. Long term, this engine needs a rebuild, but I'm wondering if I can band aid things in the mean time.

I'm pretty sure the valve stem seals are original and toast. There's no indication the heads have ever been off the car or touched at all. I was thinking about replacing the factory o-rings on the 46 heads with a fresh set to try to stem the oil burning. Tedious and labor intensive, but cost effective.

I also have a set of '68 16 heads sitting around pretty much ready to bolt on. This might be a hair-brained idea since 1) I'm not sure if the big valve heads will work on the 350 2) I'm not sure we could swap the heads without pulling the engine due to the A/C.

...or we could just leave it be and put a quart of oil in every so often until we're ready to rebuild it. If this weren't coming out of my son's pocket, I'd just pull the thing are go through it. What would you all do?