Aloha yall! quick back story i got the car, seen a video of the motor running from a couple years ago... she turned over n kicked off couple times when I got her but didn't want to push it. pulled the intake, valve covers, valvetrain and she was real greasy, caked up... been brushing, picking n flushing for a couple months now. it was an old ladys car and obviously before the lady passed her n her husband didn't do much oil changing or driving.

anyway the lifters are toast after soaking... glad I didn't put them back in n try to run it. once I save up more money I'm going to upgrade the cam, heads, intake, carb, valvetrain, rod and main bearings... its all I can really do in my dirt floor tarp shop on an island with no machine shops.

here's where I'm at now, I'd like to put some new affordable lifters in button it up for now and run it to start flushing out the oil passages and move the car to another dryer spot on the land. I attached pictures of the cam to get some opinions on whether or not that can be done. if I have to get a cam too I have about 700 I can put towards the motor to be able to run it, get her moved and start flushing it. oh n orange is not rust its from pb blaster mixed in oil, zinc, diesel n the varnish from I m the old oil... it mostly wipes off.

appreciate the help, Mahalo!