A friend's 301 engine equipped 55 Chevy coupe went through plenty of the old-style 3 speed transmissions, but we drove that one like we stole it all the time. He finally scraped up enough pocket change to put a Muncie 4 speed in it and we didn't blow up transmissions so often.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!