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  1. Straight six engine. I will remove the torque tube rear, and go with a Ford rear of the same trac width, or as close as I can get. Again, I am saving all the parts maybe put back later.

  2. Thank you all for the info, and input. I have been busy, but managed to pull the engine/tranny. Sadly the block is also cracked. Explains why it sat so long, and had three owners. I will be keeping the parts though, and maybe later on use some of them. I will be putting in a Ford 300 with floor shift tranny. I hope to someday put the original stuff back in. If I decide to part any of it, I will offer it here first. Thanks again all. 

  3. Good luck on your project. Some good advice in here. Slow and methodical. I also make up a goal list of everything that needs done. I try to start with the most important on down, check off as I go. Hope to ride in it !!! Lol.

  4. Thank you Keith. I am hoping to get better pics a bit later. It was froze up. Looks as if it was under water, or a lot of condensation. I kept soaking and tapping, did get first and reverse to work. Haven't been successful in getting 2nd, and 3rd to move. Does the spiral barrel slide back and forth like the gear does? I may remove it and take it apart and go from there. I have all winter to explore options. Would love to keep it stock though. Problem being is buying the tranny, and have it shipped to Ohio. A lot of cost, and I am far from a purist. But this one just screams, leave me alone, keep me stock, lol. 

  5. Evening all. Just posted pics of my new 55,000 mile Buick in the gallery. Hoping to decide the fate in the next couple months. It has a bad tranny, but everything else seems good. Motor is great. Hoping to find a tranny within driving distance here in  upper central Ohio. If not I am thinking of a drivetrain update. Would rather leave it stock though. Just have to ask around I guess. I have been "doing"  cars since my early teens. Rodded most though. Anyone in Ohio doing a drivetrain update with an extra 5 bolt top transmission they wont be using? Thanks all.

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  6. Lol. To far away for me. Needing a transmission. Mine is froze up in 2nd, third gear. I did get 1st, and reverse to work. I am thinking other ave's though. I have the 5 bolt smaller one. My quandary is I am going back and forth on a V/8 /auto swap. The car has 55,000. The engine runs fantastic. Hate to change it, but in the long run, I can swap a lot cheaper, and get parts on the road if I need them. I do plan to change to 12 volt either way. I am hoping to find one in Ohio, at a good price. Glad to see you did save parts to help others. 

  7. I am new also here. I have a 1940 buick, 40. Still all stock, 55,670. on the ticker. Just got it running after a long hiatus, found trans is stuck. I cut an access hole to remove the 5 bolt top, and it was all rust. Just got 1st and second to work, not the others. I live in Galion, Ohio. 60 years old! My real name is Bill.

     

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