I got rid of the split rims, I picked up a set of wheels from a 1978 GMC box van. It was modern enough to have rear disc brakes. I was told it was slow but the guy drove it here from Florida, at 55. Of course he had sold the rear end out of it already. It is the standard ten five lug pattern with 9/16th studs and a 5 1/4" center hole. They were a perfect fit on my 54 rear end. This fellow down they way had a 46 with this aux. Brownie 4spd., he drove it to Cincinnati from Nebraska towing a tree chipper he picked up in St. Louis. This truck had a huge box on the back for wood chips, not an aerodynamic masterpiece, and he said down a good hill he could get it up to 60 and it would hold 50 until the next upward grade. I'm thinking if that old girl with an orginal 216 can do 60 there has to be a way that my fresh 235 ought to do 50 without sounding like it's going to jump out of the engine conpartment. What would happen if you had a two speed aux. gear box and turned it around backwards? I asume the high output is still one to one once again giving you lower lows. These guys loved going slow! However if you turn one of these thing around backwards wouldn't high would be the same 1-1 to haul loads but, low would be like an overdrive? Yes, no, maybe or is this just crazy wishful thinking? Another question, Does the Chevy 5 spd have a one to one high?
