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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 39 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 39 | I may or may not drop a 350 into my '54 and am looking for the best manual transmission to go with it. I see the 700r4 is a very popular auto Trans but something about an automatic just doesn't scream "old truck" to me.( I know a 350 doesn't either haha) also any insight on a rear end to go with the manual transmission would be great.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | era standard 3.90 rear and an OD 3 speed, post-68 would be nice because they have a syncro 1st
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,596 | A 3.90 rear with a 3-speed will have your motor screaming at highway speeds. Go with either a 5-speed (if you want a gear ratio in that range), or a 3.08, 3.23, or 3.42 and a 3 or 4 speed. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 | RPO MY6 Chev Truck 1982-86, aka NP 440(Chev), A833(Chrysler), fourth gear is an over drive, same length as a Chev 3spd. Chrysler used it behind everything from the slant 6 to the Hemi, and in everything thing from the Dart to 3/4 ton trucks. The Chrysler A833 won't fit, unless you find a very rare MY6 behh housing. Find one with the shifter for an MY6, or a Dodge Van. The one in 63 C20 comes up just in front of the seat to the left of the hump.
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I don't own a vehicle that isn't old enough to drink.
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