Well , apparently I missed a heck of entertaining conversation by going to bed early that night .
In the future I shall consider traveling during the day and having a good nights sleep before these events .
If all goes well I'll be doing the trip with my replacement engine , a 1959 261 out a 2 ton truck that I paid a hefty amount for, that is in metric money, would be considerably less in U.S. funds. I hope to have that and some new improved paint installed in the engine bay before to long .