Been off the site for a few years...

Thank you, Going to be a bit before she's back on the road. Plan on getting a lot of needed work completed. Clean/restore lower engine compartment, Full brake job (rt rear completely locked up), repair factory AC and all fluids changed. That's after we get the engine rebuilt and back in. As of now I'm just rebuilding parts as i get them. BTW, has anyone else had trouble finding engine paint? Here's some before pics of misc pcs...

Here's after I restored them.... and this is only the beginning... but the car's well worth it. I've owned her for quite a while...

Quick update, we've finally decided on a machine shop we feel comfortable with to do everything correctly. I was surprised as how few "old school" shops are available in my area that are knowledgeable enough to trust. And after the sticker shock, all engine parts are being ordered. The engine was actually in pretty good condition, but... as everyone knows, it becomes.. well since your this far why not turn the crank.., or bore it...,etc... so it does become a bit of a rabbit hole. However, when finished, should be better than new.
Decided to go 30 over and go with a bigger cam, complete rebuild. Want to keep everything else with the stock/ numbers matching parts, so i'll keep restoring those pieces. At some point i'll have to clean up the engine compartment, mainly just any area i couldn't reach when the engine was in there.
If wanted, i can post pics as we get things accomplished.
BTW, not sure if this post should be moved, or if i should start a new one somewhere else. thanks, David