A good article on his award-winning 170 restoration by John Nielsen, one of our members here.

https://www.backcountrypilot.org/featur ... 0b-rebuild

Great article! Really appreciate the attention to detail John put into his restoration. Only problem is it highlights just how far the rest of us would have to go to really bring our birds up to the same standard.

I love that build. I think that it is a totally logical solution, and I would do the same given the budget.