So, Keith, did you buy it or?

Always gotta check it- especially sideoilers. I have two at .040, both centeroilers- one needs a small crack in the valley repaired, has flattops, C4 iron crank and big bolt rods, basic rebuilt V-drive engine, had a 324/500 cam in it. Also has scores in one cylinder, looks like it lost pin clips. The other is in my Galaxie, was built for a Falcon drag car in 1975, ran 3 years running 10.80's around 126, no maintenance. Sat unassembled for a year, got put back together with the same rings when I needed an engine for my F250 Highboy 4x4, was in there for many years (and smoked a 911S one night), and has been in my Galaxie for a long time, still with the 1975 rings, still thunders pretty good. I do have a set of custom big dome Wisecos at .050, got them at a swap as they were installed in a sideoiler that lasted 6 passes before splitting a cylinder wall

I have two sets of the wide-body Dove HDs with the head stud end stands, probably second best as you put it, I am told they are pretty bulletproof up to about .700, pretty strong setup. One set is new, the other is a nice takeoff I got from Barry. If you're interested, we can talk

"Cam - This is a Comp custom grind using their ZT series lobes.  Specs are advertised duration 304/314, duration at 0.050" 272/282, lift 0.723/0.735.  This is a very aggressive profile.  "

I have a Comp with the same duration numbers, but .795 and slightly less (memory fade) lift numbers- guess it will be a little rowdy, too. Thinking for my Falcon, the 505 with the Kinsler 351C sprint car injectors

I really don't now a ton about modern diesels, but to be honest that benefits me.  Few under 60 years old know much about fully mechanical diesels.  Our last of the old guard is retiring next month.... Leaves me at the top of the ladder, 30 years his junior.

Still have all my old books for the old cable dozers & scrapers, D6, D8, DW20 etc, cable units etc. There's an art to adjusting the brake and clutch on a cable unit, adjusting the racks on the old MI pumps- then we get into pony engines and their drive setups, compression release. Spent a lot of time clearing and ripping for vineyards with an old D8 14A

Might want to reconsider the Yanking thing, considering the mentality of the Chebbrainwashed  types we all have to deal with, they could spin that pretty good lol.. Maybe something like 21st Century Dinosaur or similar- let the Chebbie guys do the yanking

Well, a gift I gave another- GF's sister (there are four girls total, only one is defective) I nicknamed Grumpy Cat- thinks she's hot stuff  injected boobs etc, but as soon as she opens her mouth, NO WAY. So for Christmas I got her the Grumpy Cat book. Their mom (90) saw it an laughed her butt off, says hey that's you!!! and stole the book and took it home. So Grumpy bitched and snarked for a few days, so she got a visit from my stuffed skunk, got a pretty good holler and dammit out of that. Then I hung a rubber tarantula in her shower curtain so it would pop out on entry- REALLY got some hollerin' on that one- and bitchandbitchandbitch about everything. GF helped out by moving all the laser-aligned stuff in the pantry, and the OCD alarm went off LOUDLY. Coupe de grace, she got a visit from the Toilet Monster (search)- you've heard of a blood-curdling scream, well, I've heard it now- even ran out of breath and gurgled at the end. Now she doesn't speak to me, which is my Christmas present to myself lol...