RE: [Chrysler300] motor/trans swaps - mount locations

[GERALD OLSON <olson77@xxxx>]

 Mr. Vath, Mr. Meyer gives good advice! I might
emphasize the point, that you need to get the 65 rear
mount{removable cross member} when you grab the 65
trans. from the donner c-body. And you will need your
61-413 pan and pickup tube for your 440. Cut just the 
mounting pad out of your 61 cross member then take
allot of metal when you cut the mounting pad off the
65 cross member! If you've got any questions on how to
proceed with this, call me. I've done it! Imperial
Motors has new rear mounts for the 65 also. Regards,
Jerry Olson
--- Lee Meyer <js23rob@xxxx> wrote:
> Ok, here is the deal. The engine will bolt in fine
> with early type
> mounts. You have a couple choices with
> transmissions, 62-64 ball&
> trunion type and the 65 one year only slip yoke
> cable shift or
> pushbutton trans. You will also need a crossmember &
> trans mount from a
> 62-64 full size Chrysler. 
> Here is what I would recommend:
> Go to your local scrapyard and pilfer a 66-68 C body
> of its rear axle
> assembly with E brake cables and such, cut off its
> cable brackets and
> guides as well and install per similar locations on
> your G. This axle
> will bolt right into your 300G. Get the driveshaft
> from the same car if
> you can as you will need it as well, any driveshaft
> shop can make it the
> correct length for you. Find any 65 chrysler
> product car with a big
> block 361+ engine in it and relieve said vehicle of
> its transmission and
> all cables, shifter, speedo etc. These 65 cables
> should all fit fine on
> the 300G shifter and speedo. You will not be using
> the Park feature of
> the trans unless you want get creative with your
> fabricating skills,
> this is one of the reasons you nabbed that axle out
> of that newer C
> body, e brakes. You will have to adapt the 300G E
> brake cable to the
> cable setup on the newer axle but that is a pretty
> minor deal. The only
> fabricating issue you might have is the mount
> position on the 65 trans
> versus the 62-64 trans. I think they are in the same
> spot but I have to
> go to the storage garage today and check, I have a
> 300J trans to compare
> with a slip yoke style. This is a bitchin swap to
> update the drivetrain
> to easily serviceable later model parts.(trans
> parts, brake parts, U
> joints etc) Unless someone looks underneath the car,
> everything appears
> stock. Sell that drum puller on ebay.
> Lee in San Diego
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vath, Michael J. [mailto:mjvath@xxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:37 AM
> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Chrysler300] motor/trans swaps - mount
> locations
> 
> Good mornin' & happy Spring.
> I wondered if anyone had done a driveline swap in a
> '61 - dropping-in a
> later engine & trans combo?
> 
> If so, are motor & trans mount locations the same in
> later 383/440 cars?
> I'd
> like to combine a '67 440 driveline with a 300G
> shell.
> 
> Other than adapting the shifter mechanism & e-brake,
> is it a bolt-in
> application? Are there pre-fab kits available for
> joining the
> push-button
> shift?
> 
> Many thanks. 
> 
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