My 60 F100 sat for a few years before I bought it. The engine turned over but the compression was real low. After a good cleaning and replaceing a few bent pushrods I got it to start. Once on the road I took it easy, never rev'd too high or lugged to low. The compression slowly increased from the mid 90's to around 120 on all cylinders but one. After 1000 miles or so I lost all compression on # 8. I pulled the piston and both comp rings were broken in half and the ring groove on the piston had damage.  I have a new piston and rings that I am going to install in a freshly honed cylinder. The new ring gap is .015 on the comp rings and .019 on the oil rings @ 1" deep in the cylinder. I have slight damage to the cylinder wall, no sharp edges just a smooth vertical indentation maybe .005 deep maybe 1/4" wide. 

I know it needs bored, the motor needs a rebuild. but I need to get in back on the road asap to make the money to rebuild ( and to eat ).

The question;  

 Is there anything else I can do that might increase the odds of this bailin wire & bubblegum repair to hold together for a few thousand more miles ?

Respectfuly, Mark