So... What did I buy?
Any 340 block found today under $1000 is a good find. They are 50 years old and very few left out here. I have sold complete clean standard bore short blocks for as high as $2000. blocks .030 over bare for as high as $1000. HP 383's are even harder to find. Many threw them away and installed 440's. We get calls for early production 70-73 casted 360's to build LA strokers . Very thick cylinder walls .