RE: Will this head work?
The head should be fine -- just rub down the edges of the dings. However, in the right-hand photo, near a bolt hole on the right side, it looks like there are a pair of parallel "dents" on the sealing surface of the head that come close to completely traversing the surface -- they might cause a compression leak. Try the head, & if it holds compression, it will be OK to use -- dents & all.