Dr. Roger stopped by this AM and helped with putting the upper intake back together and clean out the oil sludge of the filler/breather system (yuk! ) ...
took less than two hours and we had her running!
i went straight to the carwash and gave her a nice cleaning, then on to big-o-tires to fix the screw in one of the rear tires, then on to safeway to get glass cleaner.
once home, i cleaned all the glass and mirrors, and now she's all shiny and sparkly!!!
man, that felt good ...
Andy
PS: i also added a few additional anti-theft devices, just in case.