The bellhousing is the part of the trans that attaches to the engine, 59-66 389 means those are the years of the 389 , they won't interchange because of the bellhousing bolt pattern differance.
400-455 are larger size Pontiac engines available.
I sent the engine to a local machine shop dissassembled , new pistons, crank machineded, balanced rotating assembly, etc. had over $2k.
Not to be offensive but why not get the car running/driving condition and drive it to see what else the car needs and do some more investigation into what you really want to do before you spend lots of $$$. Make sure its something to want to put alot of money into, since it sounds like you'll have to have somebody else do quite a bit of the work. You may be suprised what the 287 can do if all you want is a cruiser I would leave it alone for now, and besides any time its at the shop you won't be able to enjoy it.
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