I couldnt hold my excitement, I had to let you guys know - I just scored a recently
rebuilt nv4500/NP205 combo for $1,100! (both NV4500 and NP205 had just been rebuilt, they have about 9k miles on them)
The guy had an '83 K20 that he put this combo together for. However, after awhile he stopped driving it and his dad wanted the truck back but with the old 4-speed. He decided to sell the combo off before putting the old 465 back in.
This is the shortest configuration possible - meaning a round pattern np205, no spacers from AA, and notching the adapter for rail clearance. It also has the AA bellhousing.
This will be going in my 1971 shortbed K10 with a 4" lift (originally sm465/np205). I've been doing quite a bit of searching and it seems everyone's application/project is a bit different than mine. I'm trying to find out if I'm going to need to do extensive floor surgery to get it to fit. I have a high hump, and a bench seat. I really don't want to use a body lift to get this to work. Has anyone seen a build thread with a similar application? I found ryanroo's build which shed some light.
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