Originally Posted by Smith
awesome well thatll work! how much trouble would it be to get the shift linkage to work if i used a newer model(60's or newer) 3 speed though?

You'll probably end up bending and cutting rods. I just used a shifter from a '55 first that had the newer tranny in it. The rods had been cut and re-bent. I had to re-engineer them to fit a stock tranny.

Your best bet on a rear end would be find a '55 first and get housing, springs and all. If you use just the third member on your housing as mentioned above you'll have to weld on your mounts. Though many have done it, I wouldn't trust it.

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