The transmission mounts are different between 1958 plymouth and 1962 chrysler.
There will have to be some welding done to complete this installation. David
Wallace
Donald Verity wrote:
> A 62 Torqueflite would have bolted right up to your 440 and you could have
> used the original shift cable AND still have an emergency brake. My 300-F
> is set up this way and it all works as stock. You have to use the 62 and up
> speedometer cable though.
>
> 300ly,
> Don
>
> ----------
> > From: Richard Zapata <RJZ123@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [FWDLK] push buttons
> > Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 9:51 PM
> >
> > There's been some chat about the push-button trans. When I swaped a 440
> > with the newer 727 trans into my Christine, I was determined to make the
> > push-buttons work. It took about a week of " custom engineering " to get
> > it right. I weakened the detents in the trans lever by grinding the
> > bumps off and weakening the spring. Then I beefed up the button
> > mechinism with some welded on strips of metal. A boat cable connects
> > them. Now R=drive, D=rev., and L=park !!! But it works beautiful.
> > PS- the original 318 was really junk [left apart for 4 years outdoors]
> >
> > Long Live Christine
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