It's hard to tell in the pictures, but it looks like it might be just the sheet metal cover that rotted away (what Chevy calls the flywheel underpan). The rest of the bellhousing is probably fine.
Curt
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1953 Chevy 6400, 1957 Chevy 2dr Sedan
--"Mediocrity is easy, the good things take time"
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