Sorry you had to experience the cam issue first hand, but there has been a lot of talk about this subject and specifically Comp products around the www for some time now. And, yes, if you haven't been doing any research/reading on the subject, you didn't see it. Seems most everything coming out of China is not being hardened to specs and are junk, big surprise there. My engine builder tries very hard to get all his customers to only install roller cam conversions now.

I had a similar situation with a neighbors newly built engine..Comp cams are one to avoid.

Odds and Ends Motor
 

Tore down my engine. Appeared to have a good set of dimple rods along with a 6223 crank. Motor all degreased, power washed, blasted and painted for some machine work. Motor was very complete and original. Items like the square port iron heads, balancer, timing cover....etc all date coded for the 3rd or 4th month of 69. Block is a true JD coded 375hp from a Kan 69 Chevelle.

Last picture is the harmonic balancer on the mill getting some clean up work done. Im sure many of you have seen were someone beat the balancer on with a hammer or sledge. In the mill i cut down the face very little to true of the surface for the pulley. In this case I even had to clean up the bore that centers the pulley as the pounding rolled the edge of the face.

Door Work
 

Like I mentioned I got a replacement door out of MO that was very clean except for the very bottom where dirt and debris collected and rotted out a corner. Easy fix with the original door offering donor pieces. Inner door frame looks rough but its all surface rust. Door and bottom seams are in nice shape.

Hood Work
 

You just cant give up on clean sheetmetal. Hood took a good peck on the drivers side. Not to bad to fix. Just pull off the corner hammer and dolly it back to the way GM made it. Alot of on and off fitting before tacking it back in place and back to as good as new. 1st 2 pics are before, 3rd is after.

Passenger Door
 

Both Doors are in immaculate rust free condition. Sadly I could not save the Drivers as the original damage from an accident had the door frame too out of shape. The passenger side however had the damage only isolated to the top of the door. There is alot of transition body lines there so pretty difficult to bring those back. I replaced both the inter and outer structure/skin. Came back together pretty easy.

Drivers Quarter
 

The drivers quarter had also sustained damage at some time. Inner wheel house was still crinkled and then beat back out with a mallet. Both the inner and outer wheel house was pushed into the trunk some. Gonna have to take alot of original pieces out including the connection to the package tray to be able to gently push it back out into proper location before putting on a new nos quarter.

On an unrelated note........nice lawn!

Looking great!

If i didnt keep a nice lawn what would that say about my restorations? :)