Should I buy this 440?

It’s not a police pursuit motor. The thick balancer and log type exhaust manifolds give it away.

Latter model police pursuit 440 HP engines have that passenger side manifold. I have two of them 77 & 78 440HP. The stamp pad on top of the engine could confirm. They're still not super exciting engines at around 255hp but better than the 190hp civilian 440s of the same era.