Just looking at the pic again, I bet this cap has been machined for a 1 piece rear main, like the late windsors.
perhaps a race team had done this when they had the caps on their block.
When you fit the caps and have it all line bored, they can machine your block so it all fits and convert it to 1 piece rear main.
So it is all not bad news !
good luck.
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