Good to hear about the spark plugs. Thanks for the post woody. I'll keep ya posted, thanks again. My new drain plug is sitting here by my keyboard, taunting (actually haunting) me right now.
I'll post back here about it when I finally get my a** out there and try screwing the sucker in.

 

Thanks.

Glad you remembered Ralph and the Corvair. He was wrong about the Corvair. '60-64 only. '65 and newer got a sports car suspension. They were the best handling cars with a back seat in that era. Real concerns are no shoulder belt and a solid steering column with the steering box just behind the bumper.

 

Update: I was successful getting the new plug threaded in and got it screwed in and tightened securely., so of course am relieved and happy about that. It's in a dark and difficult-to-access location working underneath the car with limited space, with the CV axle right in the way below (for your arms/hands to get close) and the water pump connecting pipe pretty much blocking the ability to be able to get the plug centered by feel with your hand/fingers to start the threading. I think I more or less just got lucky and was able to manage it after struggling for a good while.