Phillip,
I understand that the 48 to 53 truck motor bell housing is different, but I have never seen one, so I don't know what is different about it. I am just assuming that the bell housing that I have came with the 53 passenger car motor. It was bolted in my 51 frame, so I am not sure why I can't reuse it. It does look like the bellhousing was sitting directly on the crossmember. The L shaped motor mounts lined up just right with the holes in the crossmember. I don't know for sure if this bell housing came out of the 53 passenger car or if when the motor swap was done, they reused the truck bellhousing.
Here are a couple more shots of the one that was in the truck. Can you identify it? If it is not a 48-53 truck bell housing, can you tell me why I should use a 48-53 truck version instead?
Passenger side of Bellhousing Rear view of Bellhousing I have a 12-bolt rear from a 71 Chevelle (current 2.73 posi. I may switch the gears to 3.55) I also have a T5 transmission from a Chevy S-10. I was planning to put together a clutch like the one in Stovebolt Tech Tips. He used an 11" GM clutch with a Vega clutch hub that he found fit.
