A kid down the block is pulling the engine (a 216 that runs fine) out of a '47 Chevy car and wants to install it in his '49 Chevy 3100. He wants to use his truck 4 speed,but it won't hook up to the car bellhousing-the pattern on the bellhousing is a very small 4 bolt pattern. So he figured he'd just use the 3 speed from the car;but he says the car tranny is 3 or 4 inches too short. How much adjustment is available in the torque tube for different length? Seems like there should be provision for some movement forward & backward of the tube/axle. What options does he have? :confused: The truck had no engine so no truck bellhousing to change to. He kinda boxed himself in with other commitments and only has about 3 weeks to get the truck operable
(and it's pretty scattered right now!)so I told him I'd see what I could find out for him.
Thanks!
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