Slant 6 head info

I have some /6 question's......... we were at a salvage yard the other day walking down the main road in the yard, looked over and there happened to to be a slant six with trans laying on it's side:ncool:, and up on closer inspection, it was a super six engine.:D The intake on it was a factory aluminum 2 barrel manifold w/exhaust manifold! They only produced this setup on 77-up vehicle's, correct? The main question is...... the factory head used on this /6 engine, does it have hardened valve seat's? I thought I seen an article on this site a little while back, and someone said the newer /6 head's were only flame surfaced hardened? Is that true? I was gonna buy it, cause the price is right, just wanted to know. We have a freshly hot tanked, bored, cam bearing's etc. block ready to go and just wanted to put a no-lead head on it. Any and all input appreciated!

Read this: http://www.slantsix.org/articles/combustion-chamber/sl6-combustion-chamber.htm That head is whats referred to as a "peanut plug" head and has a very limited spark plug selection,weighs more than an earlier head,and makes changing lifters with the head on damn near impossible.