I missed this thread! Had to travel to the mainland on short notice and didn't have internet access (REMOTE location).
Now where was I...
Oh yeah, as long as it's 'only a replica' why not run a VW motor?
the argument of only being a replica just doesn't cut it for me. We all have different standards of whats acceptable, thats cool. Just don't get to carried away.
My side oiler is a later model hydraulic or solid lifter block, a 'service block'. My friend has a genuine date coded 1965 vintage side oiler block. Like JDogs block, I'm jealous! I would love to have the really really real block. But I'm doing the best I can with what I got.
