Im sure if you asked around there would be plenty of people in Upper hutt that would do a sick as bridgeport and rebuild for you for cheap.
Some of them might even know which way to turn a bolt to undo it
Infact my neighbour builds his own 13b engines for his Rx323. The last one made it to the end of the street before it went pop pop
Being serious though, so gutted for you man, it looked so awesome and sweet when I saw it