1953 pontiac chieftain custom catalina restoration

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well after several phone calls discussing my trying to change my 1953 Pontiac rear axle housing from 10 spline axles to 54-56 Oldsmobile 16 spline axles with Owner David Winders of Fabcraft Metalworks, he said I should stop what I was doing because he thought strongly that I wouldn't be able to complete the axle swap. It has always been my wish, to find and buy a 1957 Pontiac 9.3 complete rear end having 29 spline axles and side gears, making it pretty much bullet proof, I posted on several Pontiac groups on facebook, that I was wanting to buy a 1957 9.3 complete rear end with 3.23 gear ratio, a Dave Johnson in the Dallas/Fort Worth area responded, he has the one I wanted, and will deliver it to me in November on his way to Ohio, so I will reassemble the 9.3 together, checking what needs to be checked, so I'll be selling the 54-56 Olds 16 spline side gears/spider gears and the axles.

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I discovered that the rear brake backing plates on my 1953 rear end, are identical to the ones I will need for the 1957 9.3 rear end, so when the time comes, i'll clean and repaint my 1953 backing plates and mount them onto the 1957 9.3 rear end.

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Just now, PONTIAC1953 said:

the reddish color housing is the 57 Pontiac 9.3, and the carrier is the 3.23 gear ratio I want for the rear end.

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I received a Hydra-Matic flat pan from good friend Steve Peluso, to modify my Hydra-Matic slant pan with, going the add the bottom 1 1/2" of the flat pan to the slant pan to make the pan deeper to have room for a 8" x 11" x 1 1/2" aluminum finned heat sink inside the pan, underneath the Hydra-Matic screened oil filter, and another identical sized heat sink to mount outside the pan, this conductive assembly will perform as a transmission oil cooler without the need to plumb coolant from the engine and back to the radiator. 

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2 minutes ago, PONTIAC1953 said:

I received a Hydra-Matic flat pan from good friend Steve Peluso, to modify my Hydra-Matic slant pan with, going the add the bottom 1 1/2" of the flat pan to the slant pan to make the pan deeper to have room for a 8" x 11" x 1 1/2" aluminum finned heat sink inside the pan, underneath the Hydra-Matic screened oil filter, and another identical sized heat sink to mount outside the pan, this conductive assembly will perform as a transmission oil cooler without the need to plumb coolant from the engine and back to the radiator. 

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Received the extra slant pan today, that the flat pan will add depth to, to have room under the tran's screen filter for the inside heat sink, the picture shows both pans mock up with the outside heat sink.

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I got the slant pan mounting flange cleaned up today.

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here's the halogen headlights for the 12 volt system my Pontiac is getting, I like that lens isn't flat like most halogens are.

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here is my 1957 Pontiac/Olds 9.3 rear end that was delivered to me today.

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by PONTIAC1953 (see edit history)

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On 9/12/2023 at 3:24 AM, PONTIAC1953 said:

the reddish color housing is the 57 Pontiac 9.3, and the carrier is the 3.23 gear ratio I want for the rear end.

The red plum colored housing turned out to be been shorten, so Dave brought me the orange painted housing instead.