Don't trust an old engine.

[big gear head]

I almost had this 396 running a few years ago, but ran into a problem and decided to leave it alone until I could disassemble it. It's a good thing I didn't get it started. It had a '67 391 head on it and when I was removing the valve springs the head broke off of one of the exhaust valves. Don't trust old valves and be careful when trying to start an engine that's been sitting for a long time. I also found an acorn in the water jacket. I wonder how that got in there.