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I can't figure where an additional 5K came from either. He claims he's not ATTACHED to it and he'd be willing to do something with another block. Yes, the goal is to get the drivetrain back with the car. I'm still looking for another block to get the job done. Thanks for your shared interest and concern! I'll keep you posted.

I have had a conversation with the winner of the auction. The engine has already been sent to the Machine shop and he claims to already have an additional $5,000 investment in it. We have discussed trading blocks if I can locate another with a similar build date. My car is an 05A build and his is an 05E
build. So actually the engine is dated a few weeks to early for his car if you look at the timing of the engine build vs. car build of mine. I have a number of blocks but unfortunately nothing close to the date in either an 010 or 6618 casting. Thanks for the continued interest and I will keep you updated of any progress

True as to the luck changing! I have been in contact with the seller and have gotten the purchasers contact info. The car actually came from right on the Indiana/Illinois border. How they got separated and that far apart will probably remain a mystery. When I purchased the car the owner had no idea where the drivetrain was. The seller of the drivetrain said he had tried for quite some time searching the Vin to find the car before listing it for sale. With today's privacy laws he obviously wasn't successful. Thank you for taking the time to create the original Post. Without that it would still be lost

Unfortunately I just saw this post. I have owned the original car for about 10 years. It wasn't a wrecked vehicle and still retains all of it's original sheet metal. I purchased the car with a supercharged 468 BB and an M21 trans. The car and this drivetrain were about 200 miles apart from each other. I'm sure the person that purchased the drivetrain would want more than I paid for the car for it! That's how it usually works. Thanks for starting this post hopefully I can get in touch with the purchaser and work something out.