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IMHO:too much money for a Maybe rebuilt motor or what he calls rebuilt by paint can. Sorry been there and got a good looking motor except for a hole in the piston. Motor sounds like it had a hard life and if it did, The bores may need to be taken out to .040 or .060 which will make the Cyl walls thin if you can't use the .030 bores. If you can get him to pull a head to check the bore then do it, if he calls a damper and spring a dual spring and has broken damper bolts painted over be suspicous. If you only pull the pan see if you can pull a cap and check the bearing to see if it was rebuilt (After market bearing) use caution if this guy wants over $300.00 and can't prove its rebuilt.