I can't go back to square one if I am going around in circles, can I?

 Feels like things have hit a bit of brick wall here. But in reality, they haven't. The cogs are still turning and the truck is lurching toward completion at a slowish pace. With a little injection of funds, I was able to finish up buying a couple of expensive items that were on my wish list.

I was lucky to secure a complete brand new Vintage air Gen II system for the truck for well under $3k delivered.  That was cheaper than ten years ago when I bought one for Dorothy my 1954 F100!

Even the sales guy at the shop told me I had bought a real bargain. Don't I know it!

Other things happening are:

met a guy called Blake who is happy to make me up some new plates for the Tuff mounts and weld them to the chassis in our home. That is streets better than taking them to Brendan (who cannot do them for the time being as he is flat chat doing other stuff) So, that worked out really well. Blake hopes to get them done in the next couple of weeks.

Phil, the mechanic has gone underground for some reason and I have lost contact with him. The positive thing is, even though it will cost me double, I am taking it to Illawarra Automotive Specialists for Peter to work his magic.

Which brings me back to the heads. Oh, no. Here we go again! 

I can't remember where I was at with the head saga on the previous post without re reading it (and spare me the indignity of reading my own drivel) but I think I was settling down to buy a set of used Closed Chamber heads. from a guy in Queanbeyan when it kind of dawned on me that 

a) they could be warped

b) they could be cracked

185CC SBF ENFORCER CYLINDER HEAD

and I would have blown a few hundred bucks and another hundred in fuel and a day getting there and back. Although, it was still probably gonna be worth it. I found another guy who had a set for a grand and they had had some work done on them. But, I am not a mechanic and I don't really know what I am looking for when it comes to examining heads. I mean apart from the old ruler along the edge etc, there isn't much else I know. So, what I am saying for a grand these could be just normal heads cleaned up.

So, I started looking at alloy heads again, and got excited about the AFR Enforcer head; a budget head that was reasonably priced at around $1200 per head. After getting excited and almost placing an order, I contacted Outlaw Speed shop on eBay and spoke to someone there who advised AFR do NOT make a Cleveland head.

Um...what?

No, it's apparently true. They don't make them. Never have AFAIK. Well, wouldn't you know it? 

These are for Windsor engines. 

So, there is one horse less in the race. CHI are out, as they are way too expensive.  Procomp are out because they are way too unpredictable as far as quality goes. Edelbrock are out because they are not cheap and I have heard they are nowhere near as good as CHI. AFD are a lost cause because nobody answers the phone and when they do, they put you onto some guy who never rings you back. So, scrap them.

Suddenly we are left with...um...factory heads. 

How did we get back there again?

The next day...

I ended up buying a set of closed chamber 2v 302 Ford heads from a guy in Queanbeyan for a couple hundred bucks. They look like they will reco up pretty well.