So what you're saying is, that because someone knowlegeable suggested what the problem was likely to be, and turned out to be right, the owner should have just dropped his spanners and bought a new engine to start with? This guy needs support, not ridicule, and he might still be able to sort his engine.
It's hard to give any answers this way or that, as what constitutes "a bit of a score" is in the eye of the beholder. You must check if your rod is bent, if your bore is scratched and maybe have someone look at that piston. You can get reconditioned cylinder heads, fully loaded, from a number of vendors, so that's the easy part. Putting it back together and timing it correctly requires acute attention to the workshop manual.
As much as I think its great pat is having a go, i think you should maybe get a more knowledgeable person to have a look at the bits for you, I see no point in putting it back together to find you have to strip it again as you missed something, take it to somebody who will help you decide which bits are serviceable, replace bits which ain't, then rebuild!
Oh! aye.
You're going to need a hell of a lot more than a Sealey timing kit.
But my input mate was telling you your engine had serious internal damage early on.
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