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Bruce, did you have to do frame mods and that sort of thing for the conversion? There were lots of trims. Only one little piece of frame was removed, part of left A arm support. But the floor was cut as shown, and a bit of the trans case trimmed. The cover for the final drive is adjusted (slightly ...

sounds great...can you tell us more about the switch-pitch convertion? You can see more about that project & switch pitch on this SUB ALBUM of my PHOTOBUCKET site, user bcroe http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l71/bcroe/Switch%20Pitch%20Transmissions/ To convert a TH425, you really need a trans ...

Bruce, Forgive my ignorance but I did not know that the 79s had the same tranny and final drive as the 66~78. For some reason I thought they changed the platform when they down sized the cars in 78. How long did they use this setup? That is correct, except for MY 79. After many years of planning, I...

Here is the switch pitch trans & final drive ready to go into my
79. This worked very well for me; the front of the final drive was
chained up until the engine was in place.

The trans weighs about 260 lb with converter; the final drive 106.
Bruce Roe

Looks great, waiting to see those disk brakes. On my 79, I lift the
trans & final drive in as a set, supported by a front chain. Then the engine.

Bruce Roe