Cylinder bore is scratched up!

man, looks like you got the short end of the chicken on that one.

hopefully you and the seller can work something out.

if not cut your losses. cost to repair that is gonna exceed what you could source a decent used short block for.
Indeed. The guy has an insane car collection, and a 4x4/car fab shop heaven, so hopefully he is fair. It’s also insane that I am starting over on finding an engine. Ouch.