[Earle]

Excuse me, Gents. I've intermixed the terms "re-cored" and "rodded".

I woul;d agree,that if you can get a new core made to the same quality specs as maybe Brass Works? - and the removal and re-attachment of your original tanks is done with the best workmanship, that's cool (no punn intended). - if you're certain that your tanks are in very good shape.

But rodding still, to me, seems to be a temporary band-aid still leaving you with less-than-perfectly-clean tubes and all your old materials.

Earle