Thanks for the info Westerncannonball. I have friends that have Washington postal boxes.
I got everything run through the parts washer this morning and on closer inspection, I believe Darkminion had it right with the crank bearings. One is very raw! Good news is my old work place had two new old stock bearings for free.
I milled .008" off the head before it had nice crisp edges right to the combustion chamber, more than I thought it would need. I ground the valves and since they had been changed in recent history they cleaned up pretty quick. The black line, in the one pic, is the wear area after taking a couple thou off.
I also noticed that the top of the tappet adjustment was wore in from the end of valve stem. So I ground that ridge off too. That would give you a false feeler gauge reading when setting the valve clearance. Turned out to be about .003".
I dropped the block off and ordered a piston today.
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