Cab...thanks for the heads up! I will definitely have it sonic checked before having it bored. Like anything else, there's a lot of conflicting info out there about these things. Probably b/c there aren't a lot of them around and most is hearsay.
Read where these are supposed to have the 6 pack rods...this one has LYs.

SCATPACK...I'll get some more pics for sure. Hope to get the heads off of it the end of the week when I have some free time.
Guess I'll run a craigslist ad for a few weeks to see if anyone wants the heads and stuff. If not, off to the melting pot they go. This stuff is so heavy it won't be worth shipping anywhere. Just the water pump weighs a ton.

dodger mope...lots of those type machines running around here, but all diesel. I'm sure they're all newer than what this would have been in though.

cudaman...I have not removed the shields yet, but there does appear to be more stiffening ribs on the side of this block. That's why I referred to it as a "cold weather" block, which is what I usually see them called here on Moparts.