Hi folks,
I didn't go away, the page would not let me log in. I tried for hours last night and again this morning, even sent the webmaster an email. Finally I got it to take my log-in. It kept saying "the page was not found"!

Last night while reading the Chevrolet Small Block Interchange Manual by David Lewis, he seems to be a fan of Mexico 350's. At least he was in 1989.
Pointing out that they have the 1.94 valves, a strong head casting, and so forth. Has the quality gone down the hill in the last 20 years? Since mine apparently was manufactured in 1979, is that something to be considered.

Bottom line, I have paid the man his $200, and got my fairly clean engine (the whole thing from air cleaner down, except the exaust manifolds), for better or worse.
It's a shame I have to pick it up in a F*** F100.