I've just done this swap into my '54 Bel Air, which is almost identical to your '53. Send your stock motor brackets to Stovebolt engine co to be modified to fit a '55-62 235. Use them and a short shaft water pump, and she'll go right in place. Very few parts are interchangeable between a '53 dipper and a later 235. I'll post a longer thread when I get time.

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