>>>*Heck, if you are happy with the power now, no sense in dropping more bucks to upgrade. Most do that when they find the head they have is going to need extensive work, I agree, we have done rebuilds that end up costing about the same as replacing.

A good machine shop might be able to lightly surface the valve tips, then machine the seats and valve faces to spec. If so, it's a cheap repair. Of course you could hand lap them, I quit doing that in about 1964 because even then we ended up with a too wide seat and heat transfer concerns.

But if in pretty good shape, no reason why not. If so, then have the valves faced and topped, the margin thickness checked, then use the nice clean valve face to lap the seat....*EB