There are some '52-'53 steel bellhousings for Mercurys, Doug, that take late
Ford trans. Don't seem them too often but my partner found one at local
flea market this year. Next time NY Doug is over here, he should remind me
to show it to him.
regards from NH
where is has stopped snowing, John
-----Original Message-----
From: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: THE GREAT FORD TOPLOADER TRANS DELIMMA
>Doug,
> Maybe I'm missing something but I've always heard that the 49-53 Ford
>"stick" transmission bell housing would bolt to some of the later Ford
manual
>transmissions.
> I did a SBC Lakewood "can" over to bolt up to a 49-53 8-BA Flatty
block.
>I don't know about the input shaft length though.
> I 96 we ran a SBC in the Gold Digger Lakester and used the
Flat-O-Matic
>C-4 to Flatty block adapter. It took a little "fiddling" but
>worked.......Ardun Doug in CA.
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