Well got into the car a little over the weekend. I rebuilt the carb and then pulled the valve covers. I found, amazingly, no sludge, no build up, no dirt, nothing. It just looked like a clean, well taken care of old motor. That is until I found the bent push rod. I pulled it and bought a replacement. Bolted down the rockers again and bam! bent the new rod. Looks like I have a stuck valve...

I picked up a valve spring compressor at Sears on Sunday. Hopefully I can pull the spring and work the valve free without dropping it. If not, off comes the heads.