Gonna be 100 plus here all week according to weather rumors. Too hot for me to crawl under the bed and remove more wood bolts. I did look at the 350 that came with my girl and now wonder if this motor was ever in the truck. The engine compartment shows front mount engine mounts, starboard side has a good bend in it. The 350 motor has no upper mount brackets and the bolt holes dont look like they have had anything in them. There is orange paint on the mouts that matches the repaint on the 350 block.
The original muncie 3 speed was bolted to this 350 when i brought it home. One bolt sheared in the top of the 350 block and two bolts out of four missing on the tranny tail piece housing.
Still have not decided if i want to install a sbc and an automatic or go backwards and put a 6 back in. The automatic tranny on a sbc would require frame mods at the crossmember, to go backwards would require me to find all the 3 on a tree hardware as this truck was converted over to a rather sloppy looking floor shifter at some point. I would also likely try to find an overdrive manual 3 speed if i went this path. Whichver path i choose, most the linkage is not present.
I would welcome any input.
Last edited by KevinS; 08/23/20233:13 PM. Reason: Add photo
