by RoadMaster75 » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:15 am
Hey Hotrod58er
You may not have to go to all that trouble.....
by getting an after market linkage kit, you may be able to simply alter the arc of travel of the
shift lever on the side of the trans. I suspect you'd get it to shift into all the gears, but the indicator
on the existing column would not be lined up with the needle..no big deal ......
I just put a 455 and T400 in a 51 Chevy panel truck. Using an adjustable linkage kit like
from Lokar, etc.... I was able to get all the gears to work with the
no name aftermarket column I used.....
Hope this helps
mike
1958 Roadmaster75 - Unrestored w/ 40,000 orig. miles
1949 Willys-Overland Jeepster - Buick V6 power
1951 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Panel truck - 455 Stage One Buick power
1978 Cadillac Eldorado "Biarrtiz" - 22,500 orig. miles