Well we used a cork gasket on the back and front of the intake to the block.... I was worried when we did this.. thye didn't look like good gaskets....

Also I've always had a puddel of oil on my intake on the right side near the back indentations around by the Valve cover... Basically between the Carborator and valve cover... never a lot of oil but always a puddel of oil I clean it up every time I change the oil... I do that around 1000-2000miles depending on the type of driving I do....

The engine has always leaked oil a little but thats what old engines do and I'm not showing the car for points just for fun at car shows.. plus I drive it all the time so it would be impossible to keep it in show condition... But leak or burning has me stumped...

Sometimes I think it might be the Main rear seal starting to go bad.. but how does that explain my oil on top of the bell housing???? Its a real show stopper.. don't even have 20,000miles on the engine I'm going to hate it if I have to pull that engine out again... They are not easy or light... But I'm not going to give up on this engine.. I'm a firm believer.. in the FE BIG BLOCKS>>

If its a engine pull out.... I'm going to do some upgrading... Like a new Intake for a 4 Barrel Holley 650 or 750... plus a new Distrubtor and coil... I've converted it over to Electronic already... All through High School I played with the points and condessor... One summer in St. Louis they went bad on me and I couldn't find any points.. and when I did condessor were a no show.. had to have one shipped to me from a local store back home...So I went to the Electronic and have liked what I got.... only thing was it was kit that went into my old destrubtor... but it works well...

I've pulled the spark plugs on the engine but they didn't show any sings of oil burns in the chamber... but that was about a month ago.. I'll take them out tomorrow and see what we've got... if they show sings I could have bad valve guides or a leak in the intake gasket to the head... like you said... but it doesn't explain my oil puddles on the ground... most of the time there small like about an inch to 2 inches.. but once in a while there bigger... 4-6 inches... around...

I don't know .. more trouble shooting... talk to you all later... thanks for the help..It has helped...

Regards, Landon Llewellyn