Thanks JC- I'll check it out.

Clay

Can I feel fairly confident swapping the pumpkins in my trucks? They are a '64 F100 and a '65 F100...both stock Ford 9".

I've heard talk of rear axles with different numbers of splines, but I imagine that has to do with 4X4's or heavier trucks.

Thanks for any help

Clay

The gas tank is still a work in progress- for now, I'm still using the in-cab tank. This is one reason I had to go with the buckets- because the fuel line comes out in the middle, which would have interfered with the bench. Eventually I want to put it under the bed, behind the axle, but the shortbed...

Thanks guys-

lots of speedbumps along the way, which leads to lots of cursing old Henry and his successors, but I feel like we're in the home stretch.

The new engine does look really nice in our trucks...hopefully it will continue to run as nice as it looks!

Hey all- I haven't been on much recently, but I've been getting some work done on the '65 Shortbed. I just posted a couple of pics in the member pics section (before I learned how to create a personal album). The first pic is here: http://www.fordtruk.com/forums/album_showpage.php?pic_id=997 Some of...

FBP- good suggestion- I don't know if the linkage will line up even doing that. I'll have to take a look at it. The fact of the matter is that these trucks never came with this transmission, so the results are bound to be somewhat Frankenstinian. The tranny's been all freshened up when it went into ...

Sorry- Probably more info than needed, and not too clear. Truck's at my father in laws... I could run over and take a pic, but not quickly. Basically, for clearance I need to put a notch in the front upper edge of the BIG crossmember that runs across beneath the bell housing. It would be roughly 2-3...

Be careful if your '64 has a 223- the carb is right where the Master cylinder wants to be when you use the MP setup, and probably most of the stock Ford ones too.

Hey everybody- I have a quick question- looking for opinions about notching the crossmember, and whether this presents any structural integrity concerns. Situation: The truck is a '65 F100. Column from '78 with a column shifter. Running an AOD from an '89 Linc Mark VII. I had to go get a different b...