Ahead of the rest

Wow. More progress to report on. I have got the head back from the reconditioners and to be fair they did do a reasonable job. I'm still not entirely sure if I would recommend them to others but the proof will be in the pudding, or at least the reliability of the head once the car is up and running again.
Here is a picture of the head with the valves dropped in straight from the machine shop.

You can't really see much but you get the idea. I also took some close ups of each chamber so here goes.
Chamber 1

Chamber 2
Chamber 3

Chamber 4

You should be able to make out the machining done to the valve seats and how close the seats for the two valves actually are. I had to re grind the chambers to get rid of some burrs and other sharp edges caused by the cutting of the seats. I had to be really careful not to accidently touch any area of the valve seat as it would have to be remachined. Much trembling but I managed it none the less.