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The transmission that came with the engine I got this weekend was for the column mount shifter. It looks to be in better shape than the one I have, so I wanted to swap my floor shifter top to it. All the bolts line up and the top is the same size. The only problem is the fork is 5/8" narrower on the floor shift than the one that was for the column shift. Can I just swap the rails and use the bigger one? It looks like I can. The bigger fork is on the left.

Thanks. It's the exact same size as my 3 speed, so this isn't a fluid drive.

I found another engine and transmission on CL for a good price, so I picked it up today. It has the right pan I need and it also has the throttle linkage I needed along with a transmission that was working with they parked the truck. The badge on the truck it came from said "Fluid Drive". The transmission doesn't look any different than the 3 speed I have already. How can you tell if it's a fluid drive?

Since this engine didn't come in this truck, I decided to test fit it in to the new mounts and the housing that I cleaned up and painted that was laying in the PO's back yard for 6 or 7 years. I had to cut two mounting nuts they welded to make the bigger Chrysler engine fit, but other than that, it dropped right in to the space. They were in the way of the pulley.

I got tired of looking at a rust/patina combination on the engine, so I cleaned it up and sprayed some color on it. The media blast cabinet has come in handy already blasting small parts for it. I still need to do some touch up on it, but at least it has some color now. I'm glad I took some of the parts off. I had a new thermostat to put in it and when I took the housing off and found it had no thermostat in it. I have a carburetor kit and will do a full clean up of it as well. It really looks dirty now against the fresh paint.

I got a new water pump from RockAuto and only broke two of the 3 bolts off removing the old one. Fortunately, I have plenty of drill bits in preparation for such things. After getting it removed, I was happy to see the water distribution tube was replaced when the engine was rebuilt 30 years ago. Since the engine didn't have 1000 miles on it after the rebuild, the tube looks like the day it was installed. After reading so many threads and watching 48dodgers video, I'm glad this is one thing I don't have to do.

Between traveling for work. I'm still making progress, although not directly on the truck sometimes. I got a HF media blast cabinet and put it together. I watched a few Youtube videos for tweaks and did what they said. I added a dust collector, silicone caulked all the seams and put a much better light in it. After a coupon, it was about $150, and I'm pleased with it.

I have a couple of web sites and I can tell you, hackers, primarily Russian and Chinese hackers, want to hack these type of sites and take over the servers. A few years ago I had one hacked so badly. I ended up deleting the entire site and started over. There was just no way to know what all they compromised. They use the servers for malicious software repositories where it makes it harder to trace where they are coming from. Basically they distribute code to steal and then house the results on hacked sites. Software like this forum is complex, and therefore full of hackable opportunities. It eventually makes more sense to refactor the code and do a complete upgrade and retire the old code. Good job on the upgrades and keeping it alive and running.

One of my favorites: "I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers"

I never heard of this before, but I guess it's a thing. One transmission mounted backwards acting as an overdrive. https://youtu.be/ZqySYf5dWrw?t=2m22s

It's easy to do.

At the National Street Rod Association swap meet area, I saw this unique panel truck. It's a RH drive since it was a mail truck and it even has a notched down area on the window on the drivers door to make it easier to reach the mailboxes. I've not seen one of these before.

I've been enjoying these. https://www.pinterest.com/kb5wqw/automotive-ads-commercials-posters-and-such/

Do you have a pic of the bikes?

How about these?

I ran into that too, but it's for part of the show. You still can follow each step though. It kind of makes you want an MG.

I'll PM you.