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Hi Bill.

That is a Nice looking spread you got there! During the housing peak out her in Kalifornia that could have pulled a million if it were in San Jose. Up my way a good 500,000. When the housing crashed happened I was paying $2000. a months to rent a 5 bedroom place in Livermore. Loved the neighborhood! But the rent was stupid. I got a divorce after I moved from there and bought a place in Vallejo for about 125,000. Not the best city to live in, but I have a house at the end of a dead end street on a hill. This makes it nice and quiet which works out great for my folks. They lost their place right as I was buying this place so they live there now and I moved in with my girlfriend out in the same town I work in, Antioch. She has roots here and teaches at a local elementary school.

I would love the cheap homes out your way and lack of anally intrusive laws like we have out here. The car stuff alone is enough to make me want to move.

I have to wait and see what is going on with healthcare in the country right now. I have worked at locals hospitals for about 23 years now and they have always paid for all my kidney dialysis and transplant stuff. This has kept me tied to them as it would be cost prohibitive to change to another health plan. But who knows what is going to happen now.

As for some Mopar content, just got the Double roller timing chain, the complete engine gasket kit, and the oversized valves.

I do believe I will save the big valves and double roller for a rebuild when I might be seeking a bigger bore engine. Make use of the larger valves and head porting I hope to do.

But plans change all the time. We shall see :D
Mike

Bill Dedman said

Sounds like a good place to be from... as in "away from."

I retired from 24 years at the SF Chronicle in 2004 and moved back to my native state of Arkansas and bought this new, brick, 1,650-sq. ft. house for $131,000.00, a $350,000.00 (or, so) house in Kalifornia. No car smog inspections,ever on any vehicle; you buy an antique plate for your 25-year-old car ONCE (I think it was $17.00, when I bought it in 2004) and never have to pay for licence again, run dual exhaust legally on any car, no front licence plate...

No traffic problems ("rush hour" doesn't exist,) and Hickory-smoke pork barbeque restaurants are everywhere...! :)

It isn't the perfect place to live, but it's a hell of a lot better than the Bay Area.

At least, I haven't had my tires slashed, recently...

Glad to hear you're making progress on acquiring parts for the engine! Those oversize valves will help, I'd bet, even if you don't do a full port job on the head.

Keep at it; you'll get there!:cheers:

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