Quenton, I can't tell you how much your advice is appreciated. You don't think I can get away with rings,bearings, and gasket set to make this thing run again? I guess I won't really know what I have until I get it apart and start specing all the parts. Whos the best source for the OHC parts? How do I tell if the engine is a 250 or 230 cu in without having it apart? The engine does have a four barrel and dual exh manifold which would be the 250 sprint if they are orginal? right? I suppose someone could have taken a 230 and put the goodies on it? The owner claims it is out of a 67 sprint firebird and that was the only reason he bought it for a backup for his 67 sprint bird. I have set next friday to go look at it since he is 2hours north of me and we are expecting some crappy weather (yet again). I think I am going to stuff a 67 Camaro 6cyl and poweglide in the car for awhile until I have the time and funds to overhaul and restore the sprint engine. I like the idea of a economical 1barrel motor to get it around for awhile, and since it won't require any permanent changes it should be easy to swap back once I have gathered all the parts. The engine does have the engine mounts on the block but I will need the mounts that bolt to the subframe. I am going to start looking around for those. Jeff