posted 04-02-2003 02:10 PM
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For the Tranny cross member we cut the old one down the middle then knocked off the rivits. We set up the motor and tranny to where it needed to be and clamped in the 2 crossmember parts just behind the tranny tail mount. We then added some 2x3 tube steel to fill the gap and added 2x3 gusseted angle iron with a hole for the tranny mount. Welded it up and bolted it in.

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'50 GMC Suburban
'55 1st Chevy Pickup

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Posts: 102 | From: Fairbanks, Alaska | Registered: Sep 2001 |

Buddy in AK
Shop Shark
Stovebolter # 1606

posted 04-02-2003 02:13 PM
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In March 1999 I bought a 1950 3600 pickup. About 20? years earlier the tired 216 was replaced by a 307 V8. The rest of the truck was kept stock. This motor had rear dump exhaust manifolds, I'm not sure from what, maybe original 307. The steering box still had to be moved out 1.5-2". The hole in fire wall for steering column was enlarged. A little distributor clearance was beat into the firewall with the correct size hammer. The PO got a 55-57 car bellhousing with the mounting ears and it mounted in the exact place the 6-cyl bellhousing mounts on the crossmember. They fabricated side motor mounts welded to the frame. Behind all this was the original SM420, driveshafts, etc. Neat homemade conversion. Your automatic will be different and I agree that the bellhousing crossmember will have to go, but it adds a lot of strength and rigidity to the frame. Something needs to bridge across the frame rails close to that location. I also would be concerned about front motor mounts and tailshaft mounted auto....

I do have the side engine mount/crossmember I will have to study the possible use of the modified original crossmember for the trans and I do have a tubular after market trans drop but am also concerned about some strength for the frame rails. Thanks guys. Ed ke6bnl So. Calif.

1963 econoline, 50 f1 pu, maybe 53 chevy pu, 50 f3 pu, 70 chevy shortbed c10,