Especially considering it was the exhausts and not the intakes that were worn.
I had a set of BB iron heads that had less than .0030 guide to valve clearances that had oil running down them onto the top of valves that I saw when removing the headers That was back in the days when some racers didn't run valves seals on the exhausts, me included I started running them after that
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)