Stayed busy until about 1:30. Was a good day. Sold some small stuff and wife managed to buy a couple of things we needed. Very sad about the guy who suffered the heart attack in the second building. They worked on him for awhile.. Not sure of outcome but ambulance didn't have lights or siren on when it left....
Due to the many changes in transmissions all thru the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, its no wonder that no one has attempted to tackle the difficult task of designing engine to transmission adapter kits for these motors before. Have no misconceptions about how much time and effort went into the development of these kits. Every time the transmission changed, the flywheel changed, sometimes the crankshaft changed, and sometimes the starter changed. One of the many difficulties was trying to achieve universality so that I wouldn’t have to stock 13 different kits to cover 13 years. Success! 3 kits now cover all these years. 1 kit covers ’53 thru ‘56, another fits the ’57 thru ‘63 while the third fits the '64 thru '66. These kits allow you to use any Chev transmission built for a V8 from 1955 to 1997, stick or automatic. There is a slight block modification on the ’57 thru ’60 blocks. You have to drill an extra starter hole, and cut a small ear off of the block. Then you will be running a ’61 to ’63 starter. There is a discrepancy over what year they changed starters. If you have a starter with the solenoid pointing down, then you will have to do this modification. If your starter is mounted with the solenoid pointing up, then you do not have to do it.
One of the criteria that I wanted to achieve with this kit was NO modifications to either the block or the transmission case or torque converter. The slight modification it takes to achieve my goal is minimal. For the most part it even allows you to retain your original starter. The flywheels are custom made (except the ’64 to ’66) and balanced. All parts are CNC machined and ground. All parts are American made.
I was just thinking information .. One can never have enough information .. They may have some information that could be helpful..I hear yah on the price.. I can't even afford Rock auto to buy some daily driver stuff with our collar and shipping ..
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There is no elevator to success — you have to take the stairs.
people were still pouring in when we left at 10:20 am.
I know what you mean though, Joe does have all the cool stuff.
