Beginning of the End - my 73, 340 Duster rest-o-rod???

Decided to beat the pending doom of the next heat wave and not wait till this weekend to get engine out, did it tonight. Got it on a stand and ready to inspect. Step by step, slowly but surely getting closer.

Man that is one fugly engine bay. My buddy's wife did him a favor when he was deployed and painted it black . . .

From what I can see of the engine things look decent, we'll see what's what when I start popping things off . . .