By the way I would never try to offend anyone here...
I don't think the eldelbrock guy was trying to over sell me neither.. he was very helpful in fact he was underselling me if anything.. When you have a couple of regulars on here saying they are happy with the 1406 then they can't be that bad...

Now saying that I would go with Jon's advice and get a rebuilt 4gc if i know the thing will work. As Jon said I thought new would be better. The whole exercise here was to make sure when i go out into the damp cold air here in the Pacific Northwest the car will start and run thats all....