If you can swap side cover, levers, etc. from your old trans. to the donor, it should be much more painless. Am currently doing that with my 56, swapping in a mid-60's 3-spd OD behind a 261 with a Chevelle 12 bolt posi.


1956 Chevy 3100
261/700r4 (formerly 3 speed OD)
In the Stovebolt Gallery
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