@thecraftydragon I feel good now knowing that my brother can't pick on me for not driving stick anymore lol
@cruzzzer Excellent. Plus if you need to rent a car and the only available rentals are manual transmissions / sticks, you're not s.o.l.
Next up, unless you already know how, are motorcycles. 🏍️
🛵.
You can typically rebuild manual transmissions in your garage fairly easily if you have a press and some mechanical skills
Even the simplest of automatics can be a nightmare
Leaper Dreams; flying
@cruzzzer Welcome to the Standard Transmission Preservation Society!
@PaddlerCoach44 Wanna see mine that I just had rebuilt?
@ThatShadyVandal Trans or Jag? Sure!
Trans
Lay it on us
My M21 muncie 4 speed
Sweeet!
Years ago, 1980's when I was racing built up a couple of rock crushers. Easy to do with proper tools.
@ThatShadyVandal , what is the install?
What do you mean? What's it going in?
Yup
A 1969 corvette
I think I just wet myself....very nice!
Heh
@ThatShadyVandal congrats man!
You know, in another month, I'll have had this project for a year
Great project; good to take time, lots of pics, making sure everything is correct.
How's the engine? Numbers?
Oh, this thing is so far from original
Yeah?
Engine is a cobbled together 350 with a 1970 block, mid 60s heads, winters foundary manifold, headers, holley double pumper
The transmission is out of a 1970 car
Fenders have been flared
But that's okay, I'm going to build a hotrod out of it
saw the fenders; everything is perfect! Making it yours.
Exactly
My favorite 'back in the day'; I was racing '65 Chevelle's and had a spare body. Wound up placing my dirt track 327 4-bolt main in there with one of the rock crushers. Gosh I miss that car!
3 speed was all we needed
Sometimes I'll describe my M21 to folks as the "rock crusher's quiet brother"
👍
The ratios are identical
Alloy is slightly weaker though
things change; you'll still get lots of life out of it
