T 10 had glass input shaft gears i was there . It is a SBC trans developed for 57 62 vette A toy gearbox Mopar said no way , but instead finally gave us a stong 3 speed in 61— but you could not shift it , due to crap pin syncronizers . they break off and fall into gears = boom . T10 in vette you could shift by animal pull without stepping on clutch , 270 hp 283 I had a friend always did that 7500 rpm . belts turned over on pulleys . He broke shift lever right off one night I built a 55 healey BN2 with 327 300 hp T 10 6” driveshaft .About 1965 ( what cobra?) Fastest thing i ever built . Lost license for a year was outcome . Time to calm down … Thing did wheelstsnds like a bike . ( = loss of ccontrol ) pre 61 mopar trans has same pin problem (!junk) plus glass gears everywhere — designed for flathead six . I personally blew about 16 of them .58-61 D500 57 dodge 325 later with 392 . The cure ? Packard , huge gears, 1.5” wide , 3” l brass cone syncros , talk about a shift ! not even a click no matter how fast you pulled lever . Later on , in 300 club I found out Chick Kramer , legendary 300 crazy had done same thing in 57 fury , he had time slips in low 12’s ., a second faster than any GM. Great days! 1 second is car lengths! T 85 good ( Ford ) and Cad / Lasall too . I had a 3500 lb B and B oil truck clutch on that 392 , dodge truck flywheel with velvetouch metallic disc . No hub springs . Still never blew packard trans (once i learned how to build them ) 15$ each for Packard stick trans in late 50’s! Buy 4 at a time . OD too , 3:70 gears . loved that car , — red and black D500 stick convert … torn roof , no $ , no back window , top well was used for ice and beer . 3.99 a case Dawson , I remember it full of snow , ice and beer Snow cover for cops . Front end would come way up off line , i’d shout at pontiac 421 and 409 chev “ you guys gonna bog or burn this time l? “ they usually did ! Mopar rear suspension was really good off line , front half of leaf almost solid and short . Away we go, drop clutch no wheel hop ! Killed a 421 4 speed one night , new 61 ventura coupe . best night of my life , Hemi walks away about 80 Re: mopar trans , pre 61 , in first gear not even touching clutch at all , you floor 392 in first it peeled all the teeth of first . Don’t need to worry about shift ! No wonder no stick 392 ever except top end Daytona cars You guys with 61 - 63 stick, even max wedge don’t shift real hard . You walk home … 62 727 changed all this , generally faster than any stick American Graffiti has nothing on Big Burger ranch / Boston / Cambridge 1960 !!!! On Aug 13, 2024, at 4:16 PM, 'Keith Langendorfer' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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