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Carl - thanks SO MUCH for posting! I had not been on here for quite some time and just checked in.
YES - that would have been the engine!
I was in my first home when I communicated with Ross - both when he had the engine and the after he sold it. The first home was sold in fall of 1998 so you buying it in 1997 or so makes sense.

Now - think back - any details on to whom you might have sold it?
A name? A first name? Approximate location?

Also - did you obtain a 3spd top-loader or a Muncie 4spd when you bought the engine? Not that a 3spd is worth anything beyond scrap value, typically.