[hardtimes]

Hey Johnnyj,
Lot of good advice already given here, but first question that I'd ask is....was the engine kept inside or outside in weather conditions. It makes a lot of difference whether an engine is cared for when put away..inside. Or was it left outside and not fully preped/covered? For example I just fired up a '36 engine that was kept inside a dry bldy environment and with fresh oil ,etc. With very little fanfare..I had that engine running like a song! BTW, luckily for me, it had few miles on a rebuild back when! Conversely, a guy I know found a '40 ford coupe with engine, sitting out in the desert for decades. The car had this incredible 'patina', but the engine looked like it was a solid hunk of rust. He disassembled the entire engine..cleaned/adjusted and reassembled it. You would get a smile listening to how well that engine ran. Good luck!