Way back in ‘63 when I was a parts man at a Chevy dealership I bought a cherry 1960
Biscayne 2dr sedan 235 Blue-Flame 6 with a manual 3speed transmission.
I drove that car for nearly 5 years, several of which I was in the service. I made many trips
from Illinois to my duty stations in Texas and California. While in Northern California I
put a lot of miles on her in the hills surrounding the Sacramento Valley. Trips to
Yosemite, many weekends up to Truckee and Donner pass fishing and sightseeing. I
drove up to the Shasta and Redding areas often and never felt it was underpowered.
The stock gear ratio in that Biscayne was 3.36:1. So I wouldn’t worry at all going to a
3.38 gear in a driver. If your thinking of putting that 45 year old truck back to work again
then that‘s another ball game, leave it stock and learn to live with it at 55 mph.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 12/30/2011 7:42 PM.
