I enjoy hearing a story with a happy ending. Honestly, a person could go look at it, tear it apart, and verify the current bore and still end up with a bad block after having it machined. As Banshee mentioned before, the additional parts should hopefully offset the price if the block is nothing more than a boat anchor.
1967 RA convertible 1968 H.O. coupe - sold 1976 Trans Am - sold 1985 Trans Am - sold