Thanks,
When I realized that the gun had seen little use and was extremely tight, it just made more sense to fix it than part it out.
I am having fun fixing Ithacas. I have a couple more project guns. One I built up from a bare receiver that I bought from Numrich for 25.00. I have built a sweet gun for my wife. Correct length of pull. 24" Vent rib barrel with choke tubes. It weighs the same as her youth model 1100 20ga. I actually built her another one for shooting turkeys with that I bought. It is the 2nd picture. I had to redo the barrel and have it reblued. Sometime in its life, someone polished "waves" into it. It was a PITA to get them out.
I just got this foreend for it, matches the buttstock I am using,