225 with the head left off for a year... can it be saved?!

I will see your slant six and raise you a flathead. And it runs. Pretty decent i might add.
Did a light wire wheeling on the rust and a scotchbrite to knock back the rust. B04DC86F-CDEC-4F10-8520-9AC52C6DD02E.jpegPlayed whack-a-mole with the valves until they would go down on their own.