RWL, you got yourself a good father and son project. A friend of mine ran a Big block here and was spending £200 a week on gas (I'll let you do the math) I can sympathise about the rust too. You can rot the a$$ out a 'eurobox' in a few years here.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.