Ok so with a curved pair of needle nose and a 2x4 I got the valves out. "Crude but effective." Come to find out I think this is a 1949 if the date stamp on the block is the way I read it, Desoto engine. Flathead 6. We've(I've) decided to pull the Hurricane 6 from the extra frame and now see if that's rebuild able before I spend money on this one. I think the two froze pistons and the hours of beating on it really decided that for me. I logged on to Allpar.com forum to see if in fact that is a Plymouth engine. While I wait. I'll tear the Hurricane down( thank God someone put it on the top), and see if that's fixable.