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I put a R10 in a 1952 panel back in the early 80's. Worked wonderful. Drove it all over Washington state. It was tedious..lots of difficult linkage fab, driveshaft, e-brake work. Trans to bell housing problems. A tough one to do but can be done. I don't remember all of it sorry to say.

Passenger had a sore head...

Yep.....people love to climb all over Dodge trucks.. I have a Dodge truck service bulletin on the 2-3/4 to 3-1/2 ton trucks that do have interference of the hood to overflow tube.

This^^^^^^^^! Possibly cam lobe severely worn , doubt it or back to pump/arm.

That long screw to drill out..

You can slip the clutch when accelerating from a dead stop...I do it at times with out just dumping the clutch. You can accelerate from a dead stop faster when needed by properly slipping the clutch. The FD clutch discs are not that delicate is all I'm saying.

I've never been able to wear the clutches out in my 1948/50 Chryslers over 40+ years slipping the clutches in them.

You really want that 25" "Spitfire" Chrysler engine in the if it's the 1952-54 Chrysler 265 ci. engine. Pull the 7/16" hex plug over cyl. #6 to check for a piston stroke of 4-3/4". Just drop a 12" length of straight coat hanger wire down the plug hole, rotate the crank 360 degree's , measure the movement of the wire. This is the only positive way to know which ci. engine your checking out for sure. C52/C53/C54-XXXXX.....is generally the 265 engine #. The 265's have more than enough power to move a P15 along. A difficult engine to find these days. The DeSoto and Chrysler 236/251's are common and don't match up in power to the 265 engine. But even they are a big improvement to the 218/230 23" engine. Don Coatney's P15 has the later DeSoto 251 engine in it.

Exactly...

1949 was the first year of the M-6 ....1949 to early 1950 used an external brake band. Mid 1950 used internal brake shoes and drum for the E-Brake. Late 1950 to 53 had other minor misc changes too.

A DeSoto M-6 trans ...late 1950 to 1953

You need more lighting load...connect the four t/s lights.

It's a late 1950-1953 Dodge, DeSoto or Chrysler M-6 because of the internal shoe E-brake. The date of manufacture and model of car can be found stamped into the case next to the shift cover. I could tell you make of car by looking at the end of the E-brake drum.

Yes I read your post and understood it.🙂

Many 1946-49 MoPars and even earlier cars used both short and long lined shoes as original. On these fixed anchor Lockheed non energized brakes the short lining was placed on the rear....long lining to the front. Replacement linings these days are mostly all the same longer linings on all the shoes.