I don't know how to explain it, the cylinders have "drag marks" about 1" wide on either side of the cyl wall. The machine shop says it due to the bored diameter and cylinder finish that was put on the cylinder. Basically the cylinder was bored and rough (coarse) honed to force the rings to seat. The 1950s way of doing things that wears a set of rings out after 50K miles.
If the bore dia isn't too large, this shop can power hone the cylinders to the right diameter, put the correct finish on the cylinder walls and fit new rings.
If I'm lucky, the engine will only need rings, bearings and a gasket set. The shop is working me an estimate of them doing all the tear down and reassembly work. The shop guy also said he'd let me tear down the engine at the shop so I wouldn't have to pay him to do it.
In the meantime I'm working on my other project car, a '67 Lemans hotrod. Its really rough, but the late-'60s Pontiac 350 has provided some much needed "Tiresmoke Therapy" during this latest 235 debacle.
Now if I can only keep it running long enough to fix the Chevy....
Chip
