Just to let everyone know the happy ending to the saga. There WAS a baffle riveted to the upper part of the valve cover, cast cover, very tall with deep fins and 427 cobra on top. The rivets had fluted shafts and the rivets fell out. Loctite and machine screws now hold the baffle in place. I pulled two rivets out of pools of
oil on the top of the cylinder heads. Either the other two fell out long ago, or they now reside in the
oil pan. Time to change the
oil again to see what comes out. Cars is running great, valve lash is good. Glad to know Bill is safe from you guys. He was a good guy to deal with when buying his car.