Engine on the stand and head and sump removed. It looks pretty good for the miles it has done with no major issues. The block is 83.5mm bore already which I was not expecting. I will need to check the wall thickness of the bores to ensure they left enough wall thickness.
A few photos and comments
Engine going onto the stand
Engine head code HV14. This is a 73 head I believe which is not consistent with the 72 year of the car. Maybe when the engine blew up it got a new head as well as block.
wrong plug in block this is a BSP plug. You can tell by how much it sticks out
cam cover off and cam caps coming off. Very clean in here despite the mileage which shows the benefit of regular oil changes with full synthetic oil
Some wear on the followers. Again not to bad given the mileage. I will measure them up in detail later
Standard big valve head, maybe a little porting I will measure it up in detail once the valves are out. Lots of carbon build up which is to be expected. Face looks OK and no significant water passage corrosion
Drain tube cut short. I was clearly fitted after the head was 
Block face looks good, again no significant water passage corrosion
Head gasket was the original copper steel and some sort of sealant coating had been applied.
Bores still showing the honing marks with a little polish and vertical scratches on the thrust face. The honing is not particularly well done with differences in hone depth between the bores and the cross hatching is to horizontal. Hopefully I can just do a fresh hone to fit new 83.5 mm pistons. More detailed measuring once its all apart
Sump off and it looks clean also. I had forgotten it had a welded in baffle arrangement.
Crank to come out next
more to come
cheers
Rohan