Title: Re: [FWDLK] I NEED YOUR ADVISE ON THIS ONE?
Hi Tim;
It was in the mid-late 60's. I don't remember any names or have any records other than some picts of the car. Young and dumb then. I do remember that they paid for the parts by copying Hurst shifters and selling them. Or so he said.
I only mentioned it as I had never heard of any other eng/trans combo like this one. The really neat part of the deal was they also blueprinted the Hemi and it would idle at 100 rpm or slower. you could watch each fanblade pass by. I don't think it ever made 1 complete revolution before starting up. I only used 2nd and 3rd as 1st was just not needed with all the torque the Hemi put out. The neat thing about the trans was that you could use it as a floorshift or column shift just by changing the top. I also had a LaSalle trans in a 39 Buick Opera Conv Coupe I installed a 55 Buick eng into and converted to open driveline. Sold it and all the orig parts to a guy who restored it.
I bought the Duece from the guy who went to the college and did the work and 5 years or so later sold it back to him. $600. or so, I think! One of my big car mistakes, I wish I'd have kept that one. I ran the 2 bbl on it and when the "neat guys" down at the local street-rod club would ask why I didn't have more carbs, I just told them to show me that I needed more....no one ever did. That weight to power ratio just couldn't be beat.
Thanks for asking, and let me know if you can track down any thing about the car. It's been way too long for anyone to still be there I guess.
Ray
From: Tim Bowers <tbowers1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Tim Bowers <tbowers1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:28:48 -0500
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] I NEED YOUR ADVISE ON THIS ONE?
That would be "McPherson", as in there's no "fear" in McPherson
http://www2.mcpherson.edu/academics/auto/index.asp
Sounds like a neat project! Do you have any idea of the people involved, and how long ago was it?
Tim Bowers, Instructor
Metal Fab and Welding
Ray Jones wrote:
I once had a chopped and channeled "calif" Duece Coupe, with a '51 331 Chrysler hemi in it. It also had a Cad/LaSalle 3 speed Trans. They took a Hemi to Ford adaptor, sawed off the ford part and welded a plate to it drilled for the LaSalle tranny. This was done at McFearson(?) College in KS, way too many years ago. It worked flawlessly. I think the Eng is 800+#'s and the whole car only weighed 1800#. It was bad.
As to the clutch plate, you need only to know the hole size and # spline teeth, and the dia of the disk. The clutch Catalog has a cross in the front to size it and get a part #, but you'll need an old store who still has the old cataloges.
Ray Jones in AR
From: John McCann <jmccann02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: John McCann <jmccann02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:54:12 -0700
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] I NEED YOUR ADVISE ON THIS ONE?
Usually the only difference between a stick shift crank and an automatic crank would be the pilot bearing in the crankshaft for the transmission shaft to ride in when a stick shift is used, the pilot bearing can be left in if you want to use an automatic in the future. The 300 engine probably had an automatic behind it in the original car it was in and a flywheel was used that fit the crank when the LaSalle transmission was adapted to it as well as a bell housing made to fit the engine and transmission. It could have been done by a backyard mechanic that drilled holes wherever needed to Mickey Mouse the exchange but I think anyone that could exchange the engine and fit the transmission would take care not to damage the engine or transmission. You should be able to get a new clutch plate by taking the old one in to a reputable clutch shop or NAPA store, if not the plate can be rebuilt. The clutch plate would have to be for the LaSalle transmission and the same diameter as the one that is in it.
John
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From: Ron Allyn Swartley <mailto:Archangel1390@xxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:06 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] I NEED YOUR ADVISE ON THIS ONE?
I have a 56 Plymouth Fury with a 58 Chrysler 300D engine (392 cubic inch) and a 3 speed LaSalle transmission in it. The clutch is slipping and probably needs to be replaced.
How big a job is that to replace the clutch and are clutches still available for it?
The car was built around early 60s. I am very familiar with automatics which I raced for years but when it comes to stick shifts I know very little.
Ron Allyn Swartley
PS. I also wonder if the crank would accept an older Chrysler torqueflight transmission?
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