Update.. I've had the car for 4 days...
Well I totally refreshed the motor for less than it costs me to change the oil in my VR:
Rebuilt Carb
New plugs
New filters
New pushrod tubes
Rebuilt distributor
New gaskets
Clean clean and more clean
And I shaved the heater things out of the fan shroud
Before:

After:
Started smoothing the engine bay and re-routed all the wires.. no wires will be visible