[Engine-Ear]

I have a lotta thoughts on this, but I am tired as hell and need rest...one thought though: A '65-'70 big car cross member may give you what you need.

[1967Tempest]

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

I have a lotta thoughts on this, but I am tired as hell and need rest...one thought though: A '65-'70 big car cross member may give you what you need.

Sleep...... There is time... Sleep.......


65-70 Big car. Hmmmmm......
I will search

[Keith Seymore]

One thing I can perhaps offer, although I am embarrassed to admit, is that at least on my '63 you can put the crossember under the frame rail rather than in the U section.

It does make the crossmember more visible in the side view, and it does mess with your u joint angles unfavorably - but it also allows the installation (TH400, in my case) with out a lot of savage brutality to the floor pan.

K

You can see it towards the forward edge of the door; I've been meaning to go back and redo this but have not done it yet -

[stevep]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

One thing I can perhaps offer, although I am embarrassed to admit, is that at least on my '63 you can put the crossember under the frame rail rather than in the U section.

It does make the crossmember more visible in the side view, and it does mess with your u joint angles unfavorably - but it also allows the installation (TH400, in my case) with out a lot of savage brutality to the floor pan.

K

You can see it towards the forward edge of the door; I've been meaning to go back and redo this but have not done it yet -

Keith,

I've seen that more than a few times. Whatever works is good with me!!

[engineer9]

Whoops...wrong pix posted! This is NOT the Lokar linkage. The posted pix is when I was trying to make my own linkage and adapt it to the stock setup. It didn't work out because of the extreme offset.

My car is currently in winter storage; I'll try to get a pix of the Lokar setup later this week and post it this weekend or sooner.

[1967Tempest]

Originally Posted by engineer9

Whoops...wrong pix posted! This is NOT the Lokar linkage. The posted pix is when I was trying to make my own linkage and adapt it to the stock setup. It didn't work out because of the extreme offset.

My car is currently in winter storage; I'll try to get a pix of the Lokar setup later this week and post it this weekend or sooner.

Sweet!! Thanks again!!

Dave

[engineer9]

Well, the area I hammered was about 10" wide (on the curve) x 12" long starting about 6" to 8" back from the face of the firewall. The larger the area you hammer, the less noticable the "bump" will be in the carpet inside the car....can't even see it on mine. I used a small sledge hammer with a big head to avoid getting alot of small dimples in the metal. The maximum increase in the tunnel height that I hammered in was about 3/4" at the center, which produced about 1/4" clearance when everything was bolted up.

[1967Tempest]

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

A '65-'70 big car cross member may give you what you need.

I found one in my area. Hoping to pick it up today or tomorrow. It needs some cleaning, but is intact. I will post some pictures when I get it.

I have a lot of work, but should be installing the engine soon.

1. Remove single master cylinder and install dual MC.
2. Bleed brakes. Easy when engine is out and hood off!!
3. Paint under hood.
4. BFH the tunnel for tranny.
5. Install engine/tranny.
6. check for correct geometry and install.
7. DRIVESHAFT!! I might have a line on a longer one from another Poncho.

More to come. I might just buy 5/16 female rod ends and a threaded 5/16 rod and make my own shifter assembly. We shall see.

Thanks for the help!!!

[engineer9]

OK, Dave...I visited my '62 Cat in storage this AM and took these pix of the Lokar shift link from steering column to trans. As you can see, it is a pretty simple installation and the Lokar parts fit perfectly on both ends.

I'll be interested in what you come up with for your trans rear support using Enginer-Ear's recommendation as I am not real happy with my reverse / cut / lower installation using the OEM '62 cross member...clearances are too tight!