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Re: 1962 C20 ... long way from home
Making some progress on this. Tray is off, front end off, replaced the floor pans as they were a bit holey, front seat is being reupholstered. Had the frame sand blasted and rust proofed/sprayed. I have removed the 327, and am currently working out mounts etc for the engine. I had bought the front end out of a 77 truck, but looks like I dont need to change the front end, even with the 6l80 trans there is plenty of space between the torsion bar crossmember and the rear of the trans. Also had a mate who machines timber run up some American oak for the deck.
At this stage I am looking to use the 77 perches, and fill the gap between these and the frame rails (pic is just a rough mock up !), and still need to fab up some brackets from the frame rails to the tranny mount.
Can anyone give me some direction on setting up the trans output angle and height in relation to the centre bearing (2 piece tailshaft) ? I should have measured the height of the old trans before removal, but forgot too ...
Heres some pics
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