I think I am off the hook with maybe enough mad money left over for a couple dozen worms when fishing season opens, and I mean that literally. I spent quite a while on the phone this evening with an gentlemen in Pennsylvania who has done hundreds of the 305 engines, his speciality. When you drop a motor off it will be probably around two months before you see it again but it returns with all aluminum polished, cases painted in authentic Honda Silver Cloud paint, new pistons, rings, valves, seals, transmission gone through, and ready to install and kick over with a guarantee. He also states he will take what is good cosmetically and mechanically out of both of my motors and give me back the numbers matching case to the frame. He is the engine builder for Classic Honda Restoration and looking at some of the motors he has done, what a thing of beauty. I can't stand to type the cost, it just hurts too much, but as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for." I have not fully committed yet, I am going to sleep on it, but looks like a Pennsylvania trip may be coming up shortly....
