ol' slant is dead... need help!

Pretty good advice here....if it is still rattling you will only be out a small amount of $$
Thank you inkjunkie, I am still wondering if this is a solid lift/adjustable early engine or not, I bought a 74 Dodge truck /6 4 in the floor flat bed some 20 years ago for $300.00 and drove it home thinking I was going to put a 318 in it because it rattled and sounded like every rod bearing was toasted, I pulled the drain plus and I bet 6 quarts of burnt oil came out, had a gas smell, I changed the oil and did a quick rebuild on the 2 barrel and when I fired it up it sounded like a new engine, drove that flat bed for 3 years pulling my stock car to the track.