Oh yeah, EB....I know all bout old Ford 292's.

Remember the mushroom shaped lifters? Twice I had to slap myself for not installing them BEFORE I installed and torqued the crankshaft! Those were the days we used overhead oilers on those old rocker shafts.

"Vacation"? What is that?....Ain't never had one.

I'm on 12 days leave starting today, but I'll spend it fiddling around the house. Gotta pull the engine on my new '69 GMC truck and get it on the stand....first gotta clean out the shop and insulate it....install heat tape on the water pipes out there, run 100 amp service for the welder, then hang drywall and move all my junk back in....

May be moving the wife out first tho....she's committed the cardinal sin....got 3 credit cards and run them up buying xmass stuff. She ain't keeping the house clean...Told her last night to find herself an apartment...I don't need it, won't put up with it. Together we make 100K/yr and don't need credit cards....She sneaked out last July and bought herself a new car, then sneaked the credit cards...now she is in hock well beyond her 16K income and expecting me to bail her out....Nope, not this guy....Been there, done that twice....That's why never a vacation in 51 years.