Ball and trunnion 4 spd

The last ball & trunion 4-speed I bought was a 3.09 unit at a swap meet. I was interested in it because it was bolted to a new QuickTime SFI small-block bellhousing. I knew the guy from several prior swaps; he was asking $500 and wouldn't separate it. I told him I'd come back. When I did, the bell was gone... WTF? He usually wasn't like that.
He said he found out that was the bell he needed to put an A833 behind his early Hemi so he decided to keep it... "But I'll give you a deal on the transmission! $250!" I already had two 3.09 gearsets, so I passed. Walking away, he kept shouting after me "C'mon! You know you want it!" and such. I was about 50' away when he yelled, "Hundred bucks?!" I yelled "SOLD!" and turned around. The complete original A-body Hurst shifter and linkage was still bolted to it.