Re: [FWDLK] 1961 newport w/392 Hemi?
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Re: [FWDLK] 1961 newport w/392 Hemi?



In '62, if my memory hasn't completely failed me.
 
Karl

Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Indeed it is. What year did they go to aluminum?

Dave Casey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Holmgren"
To: "Dave Casey"
Cc:
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1961 newport w/392 Hemi?


> Dave Casey wrote:
>
>> I don't know about the 61 transmission, but there's a good possibility
>> there. You would probably need the seperator plate from the 392 and
>> the transmission from a Poly powered car (bolt pattern on a big block
>> is different). Does anyone know when they went from the extended cr! ank
>> flange to the current style? That would be your other big hickup.
>> You could always acquire a 727 that came behind a 392 (I can probably
>> help you out there, as my brother has one still in the original
>> packaging, a '57 Imperial parts car).
>>
>> I know that adapters are readily available to connect a 392 to a small
>> block 727 from 62-up, which would include the A518 overdrive version.
>> Among the places that would carry them are PAW and Bob Mazzolini.
>>
>> Dave Casey
>
>
> Psst!!! that very well might be a torqueflight in that 57, BUT if it
> is the original 1957 version it is known as the cast iron TF
> NOT the aluminum casing 727!!!
>
>
> --
> Paul Holmgren
> 2 57 300-C's in Indy
> Hoosier Corps L#6
>
>

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