273 Commando Top End Rebuild on my 65 Dart GT

SO happy i'm finally taking care of this. My number 2 and 4 cylinders were reading low compression (driver side bank totally OK) and i've just been limping around. Freeway was always a drag cause it'd smoke, losing power, and generally not fun. But since it was drivable and not my daily driver I slacked. Finally took it apart.

After taking the heads off i noticed the ridge is non-existant! So i really do think this car only had about 75,000 miles on it.

Anyway. Here's some pics.. nothing too fascinating yet, but i know you guys (and gals) like pictures.









(PS i did get the other head off.. i just got sick of taking pictures)

Any tips or suggestions as i get the heads machined and such would be great. I'm excited and its been fun so far..

I'm looking for a good gasket set (there's a lot to choose from) and i need to find the orange engine paint for touch-ups for sure. I haven't searched the forum yet, so those aren't demanding questions - just things i need.

Thanks all. Glad to be back. Off i go to degrease more stuff.