Finally sealed the deal. Here are pics from the previous owner. My list of to do's is growing, but man, what a beautiful machine. Enjoy the pics. It was hard to find a 4.4 that looked like this

. Only beef is the initial owner badged it a 4.8. Not a big fan of that, but it'll stick for now. Pretty far down my list. It needs valve cover gaskets, so you know what that journey is like. I'll be doing the cover upgrade for the relocated CCV, so the parts alone make me cry a bit. I factored it in to the mental purchase exercise, so I'm good.
Cheers.