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I am about to put a poly 318 with attached 727 into a 64 D100 which had a 318 poly "w" factory 4 speed. BTW,.. The donar combo is out of a 65 fury. 1. Will the bellhousing rear mounts need to be removed from the rivets onto frame to make room for the bulkier 727.? The 727 will need a rear 
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Re: Converting Stick to Auto 1964
Posted by: Hobcobble (69.95.231.---)
Posts: 582
Date: November 11, 2010 03:19PM

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that looks nothing like the spanners on mine. all mine have been 2 angle iron (bent the same as yours) pieces that bolted to the outside of the factory brace after it was torched off. the hole locations are the same, but the spanners were not near as beefy as that one piece unit you have. as a matter of fact, on the 66 i am only using one, closest to the rear because the over sized trans pan wouldn't clear the front one. i wouldn't have that luxury on that style. where did that come from john?? never seen one like that.

one more note gordo, you don't need that cross member the bell bolts to. you could just shave the rivets and eliminate it all together. the trans cross member alone would be more then adequate. my 70 only has the one at the tail shaft from the factory.

The spanner and auto tranny cross member came from
a '68 D100 as I recall. I have a second set up that
came from a '62 D100 and the spanners are of the
design you've noted.

I'll reaffirm Doug's statement regarding "removal" of
the bell housing cross member. You should NOT remove
it altogether. This leaves half of the spring perches
swinging in the breeze. If anyone is thinking of doing
this, I strongly advise boxing those perches in with
steel equal to the thickness of the truck's frame.
John

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