Thanks for the heads-up, Richard. I was aware of the many different lower cases and did a it of searching through my parts books. The Dream lower case should work as should the ‘62’s with a different oil pump strainer (according to the parts book). I’ll test it and choose the best one.
Now, the good news and the not so good. It’s lightly raining today, so the ‘62 engine sits on the back of my truck (covered). It will need partial disassembly in place before I can move it. I’m not taking another header moving a whole engine. With that delay, I removed the head on the ‘66 engine and was pleasantly surprised with what I found - no rust. I used a piece of 2x2 and hit the right piston a few times and it’s now unstuck. I wiped and oiled the cylinder walls and can spin the rotor with two fingers. It doesn’t mean that it won’t need rebuilding, just that it will be less difficult to get there. Of course, I had to cut the cam chain.... The valves didn’t look too bad either.
