Bud, can I keep my car at your place? Hell, I'll drop the insurance and save some bucks!
By the way,
oil consumption problem solved. A leak down test showed that I had 10-12% leakage. It turns out that my BG carb was so incredibly over jetted it was washing the film of lubricating
oil off of the cylinder walls and causing the rings to go metal to metal. Lewis and John yanked the pistons, honed the cylinders and installed a new set of "rings from hell". I tested it out with a burn out leaving the show yesterday. Most impressive!