The transmission bolts onto different bellhousings with the same bolt pattern, so just about any Hydramatic can be swapped by installing the correct bellhousing for the engine it's used with. That changed for cars in 1956 with the Controlled Coupling Hydramatic, but they were never used in trucks.
Jerry


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