[Licensed to kill]

Update. Installed new values and guides. "modern" type from brattons. Ground seats and valves to achieve a good seat and proper lash (don't have adjustable lifters). Car runs great. No more back firing on deceleration, runs much smoother at higher RPM and pulls reasonably well. That's the good news. The bad news is that the oil consumption is unchanged and that annoying slight "knocking" sound is still there (didn't expect the valve job to affect that anyway). After a 100 mile run, parked the car and after an hour or so was a spot of oil about the size of a golf ball under the bell housing. I expect there to be some but don't know if this is about right or too much or????. Gong to pull the pan again and recheck the bearing clearances in the hunt for the noise. Again though, perhaps this is just how a model A sounds , I don't know.