Thanks for the replies, guys. Yeah, I figured they were reliable, I wanted to get some feedback from others since I've only owned one in the past. I used to be a "V-8 350+ C.I.D. or nothing" guy till I got the 1980 pickup, and after that I'm a "inline or nothing" guy especially after seeing how easy they were to work on. The 292 had a burned exahaust valve, so it ran on five cylinders for quite q while, plowing deep heavy snow with no problem, just couldn't kill the engine. On one night I took the head off using a flashlight at night, in the winter, to get the valves done. Try doing that with a modern car today... just changing spark plugs is a major ordeal on some cars. The easiest motor I've ever had the pleasure to work on was a 1950 Buick Special with a straight-8 motor; everything right out there in the open and easy to get to, even the oil filter which was on top.
