Centurion Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I received a telephone call yesterday from a friend who is an experienced engine rebuilder, but he has never rebuilt a Buick nailhead.He has a customer who has purchased a 1962 Buick 401 nailhead, and the customer wants to put a manual transmission behind the nailhead and install the set-up in a 1950 Ford custom project.He needs a manual transmission bell housing, clutch, flywheel, etc. Will he need a crankshaft, since the engine came out of a Dynaflow car? Is there an adapter available that will allow him to use a manual transmission?Better still, can you point me to an expert individual who can answer all the nailhead questions? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Better still, can you point me to an expert individual who can answer all the nailhead questions? Thanks!Russel Martin http://nailheadbuick.com/ Check out the Tech Info, lots of interesting articles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 Thanks, Lamar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 In addition to Russel Martin download the Offenhauser catalogue: http://www.exeterautosupply.com/Inventory.html...find the number of the adapter you need and search the web. They show up on Ebay all the time; also Crager uses the same numbers as Offy.Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thank you, Willie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapur Vintage Cars Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 3/15/2015 at 11:41 PM, Centurion said: I received a telephone call yesterday from a friend who is an experienced engine rebuilder, but he has never rebuilt a Buick nailhead. He has a customer who has purchased a 1962 Buick 401 nailhead, and the customer wants to put a manual transmission behind the nailhead and install the set-up in a 1950 Ford custom project. He needs a manual transmission bell housing, clutch, flywheel, etc. Will he need a crankshaft, since the engine came out of a Dynaflow car? Is there an adapter available that will allow him to use a manual transmission? Better still, can you point me to an expert individual who can answer all the nailhead questions? Thanks! Hi ! Im restoring my 1962 Buick electra 225 which has a 401CI nailhead engine. Need complete manual transmission to mate with this motor. Any help would be highly appreciated, I believe you had done the same earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) https://transmissionadapters.com/collections/shop-speed-gems-kits https://www.linkedin.com/company/bendtsen-s-speed-gems/ Edited June 14 by pont35cpe (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Over the 45+ years I have owned my '64 Riviera I have thought about a manual transmission a few times. I have also owned large cars with a big torquey engine with four speeds. I found myself not using 1st gear unless was being a real Yahoo and "rowing the boat" became tedious. My final choice, if I ever did pull the trigger, would be a Chevy close ratio three speed with something like a 3.55 gear set. Think about that for a bit and the Turbo 400 sounds just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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