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Thanks Steve. I will be sure to post when I do find one. But it’s slim picking here in Canada.

Hi Guys, I really appreciate all the replies, I haven't spoken to the owner since the test drive. Today, he sent me a message saying that I had blown the head gasket. It alines with what @Bigj66 said. I'll let you know if I hear anything else but it's safe to say I won't be buying this.

So on Friday I went to look at the 73 series 3 this was the second time I’ve been to look at this and didn't see any major issues. But while out on a test drive this noise started https://imgur.com/a/Dc3bsTT wasn't there when idling only when accelerating. it was happing in all 4 gears. I was thinking it was more of a transmission issue. The owner has done the following “I have gone through the carb, distributor, plugs and wires and cannot get it to run smoothly again. Will check the fuel pump tomorrow. If there is not issue there then next step is waiting 2 weeks for points, coil, wires and plugs to show up and hope that fixes it.” Then today the owner says “If they don't fix the issue then we have a problem as the only thing left is a skipped timing chain. That only could have happened under a punishing situation such as a massive strain on the engine.” I didn’t put it in any “punishing situation” just a test drive on a road. For 10/15 minutes. So does this sound like a timing issue?