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1965 C-10 · 02-21-2001, 05:24 PM

When I bought this truck, the previous owner had changed the factory powerglide to a th350 out of a 71 El Camino, I was 17 when I bought it and did'nt know to much about auto repair, I have looked at the mounting and it is a joke! The transmission is just sitting on the crossmember, not bolted to it, and the crossmember is not bolted to the frame, no wonder I felt a shimmy rocking sensation at red lights, must have been the tranny shifting around. So, I gues I just need to drill new holes in the frame, and bolt it down, and get a new mount, it lookes trashed.

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1965 Chevy C-10 shortbed fleetside, 327,th350,3.73 to 1

ImpalaSS · 02-21-2001, 06:31 PM

a mount from a 67-72 should work id think... sense the frames are the same

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RL 63shortfleet · 02-21-2001, 08:21 PM

a crossmember form a 70-81 camaro or a 68-79 nova will work perfectly just match up the bolt holes already in the frame rails(should be 2 sets)

1965 C-10 · 02-22-2001, 01:02 AM

I do happen to have a junk 81 Z28 Camaro, have to try the crossmember off of it, I wonder if the front suspension pieces could be used off of it as well.

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1965 Chevy C-10 shortbed fleetside, 327,th350,3.73 to 1

02-21-2001, 05:24 PM	#1
1965 C-10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vacaville, Ca U.S.A. Posts: 52	Powerglide to TH350 swap When I bought this truck, the previous owner had changed the factory powerglide to a th350 out of a 71 El Camino, I was 17 when I bought it and did'nt know to much about auto repair, I have looked at the mounting and it is a joke! The transmission is just sitting on the crossmember, not bolted to it, and the crossmember is not bolted to the frame, no wonder I felt a shimmy rocking sensation at red lights, must have been the tranny shifting around. So, I gues I just need to drill new holes in the frame, and bolt it down, and get a new mount, it lookes trashed. ------------------ 1965 Chevy C-10 shortbed fleetside, 327,th350,3.73 to 1 __________________ 1965 Chevy C-10 shortbed fleetside, 327,th350,3.73 to 1

02-22-2001, 01:02 AM	#4
1965 C-10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vacaville, Ca U.S.A. Posts: 52	I do happen to have a junk 81 Z28 Camaro, have to try the crossmember off of it, I wonder if the front suspension pieces could be used off of it as well. ------------------ 1965 Chevy C-10 shortbed fleetside, 327,th350,3.73 to 1 __________________ 1965 Chevy C-10 shortbed fleetside, 327,th350,3.73 to 1

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02-21-2001, 06:31 PM	#2
ImpalaSS Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Aromas CA Posts: 0	a mount from a 67-72 should work id think... sense the frames are the same ------------------ www.xframeimpala.com 68 4x4 short fleetside deluxe cab 327 air 56 big window short stepside 235 dual 1 brls 64ImpalaSS 327

02-21-2001, 08:21 PM	#3
RL 63shortfleet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: st.louis,mo,usa Posts: 7	a crossmember form a 70-81 camaro or a 68-79 nova will work perfectly just match up the bolt holes already in the frame rails(should be 2 sets)



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