thanx all for the compliments, if anyone's interested in some work done, PM me. unfortunately I can only do small parts till the weather warms up since I only have the single bedroom I rent to work out of, the bodyshop I work at doesn't look too kindly on using their shop for sidejobs either.

To give you an idea of what something like the valve cover would cost to do I'm looking at between 200 to 350(Can.) depending on rust, bodywork and to cover the paint and supplies (sikkens or dupont base/clear and primers, depending on preference) shipping out of province is something else I'll have to look into

thanx again, Mike Szabo