Buy or order all the vendors Catalogs you see, get magazines like Classic
Truck and Study the available parts. If you're gonna be a Rodder type and
not make orig there is plenty out there to change over, just have a BIG
wallet for most items. The later trans and rear is for open drive-line and
higher ratio rear gears I bet. And NO the linkage will not fit your shifter
on column stock, maybe you can make your own rods or modify to work, not
sure. It's good to have a whole parts car for source, rather than hunting
for every part seperately. Try www.stovebolt.com and visit lounge and other
forums with hop-up, changeover info in them. They have links there also for
the vendor's and sites to find on web.
I like the old sixes myself, and the four-spds with low first gears in
them and you can have shifter on floor easily that way, no problems. It is
NOT a performance trans in anyway. If you don't like SLOW as in 50 mph most
of time, youbetter goe the Rodding route!
G. L. Grumpy's
Old Iron Ranch
Big Chevy AD trucks and COE's
MM Tractors
glperry@fwi.com
Huntington, IN 46750
-------Original Message-------
From: Jimmie Sypolt
Date: Sunday, October 20, 2002 23:34:44
To: oletrucks
Subject: [oletrucks] 1951 5-Window 1/2 Ton Questions
I just bought the truck. It's got the original engine with a '58 tranny and
rear end. The tranny doesn't seem to match the cross member and nothing is
hooked up (brakes, shifter, no starter, etc.). The body seems to be very
tight, little to no rust, shines a little bit when waxed, and the doors open
an close very quietly. Window mechanisms work great and it has keys.
I think I may have an opportunity to get a +/- '80 Chevy Capri with 350
engine
and trans that runs excellent and taking the parts from that to put in the
'51. I've never done a modification like this before, what should I look
for?
Will this work? What other parts may I have to modify? Any information
anyone
can provide would be helpful.
Jim Sypolt
Vacaville, CA
jsypolt2001@earthlink.net
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