Is this engine recoverable?

I was just up at @HemiSSDart's place today. he had a few, mostly still in 68-9 Darts. IDK the status of any of them, or what his plans for any of them may be.
He's holding a swap meet at his location in Rockford IL next Sunday. there will be others there, as well// also selling parts. What parts? I have no idea what others may bring. I may be there with a pick up load of various parts too. still thinking on that one.
I may have a slant engine available myself here, shortly, when the weather breaks. Depending on who you ask, might be pretty desirable. 85 truck engine, still runs like a sewing machine and just under 100k miles. (1st time around the mileage dial, as well) I just had it running yesterday. I connected up the battery, cranked and pumped it a few times, started right up. The last time before this that I'd started it up, was around Thanksgiving.

In the past, the 80s versions were shunned/ being hydro lifters and cast crank.... but as of late, many have been rethinking that, actually seeking out these engines, among the years of the lightest weight Slants ever built.... (excluding aluminum ones, anyway) I've read that race guys are now wanting these engines for their lighter weight (even among cast crank engines) cranks, and if I remember right, the blocks are a bit lighter weight, for the person wanting to shave every last ounce off of their car.
there was a thread somewhere (I believe from the /6 forum) asking what the "lightest /6 ever built" would have been. and this was what came up. Take one mid 80s short block, add a drool tube head (I have one of those here too!) Lighter crank= faster revving. I don't care so much about that, since I have a truck. and those are heavy anyways. I gotta be able to start and move this truck whenever needed for now, until I can get around to the swap, but once extracted and I hear the replacement run long enough to verify the rebuild went as planned, this original one will probably be up for sale. won't come with a distributor, may or may not come with a carb.
Gonna probably pull the truck pan and oil pickup, I have a nice '74 car pan and pickup that could go with it.