Re: 4 speed hump

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The bigger the better when you're trying to make adjustments under there. 
Unless you're using a fiberglass hump, I'd not be terribly concerned about 
weakening things.

Dave Casey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "george smith" <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: RE: 4 speed hump


> I was going to mark my 4 spd. hump tomorrow and cut
> the hole app. the size of the hump itself.That was the
> advice given me.seems a bit radical to cut that much
> out and weaken the floor. How big should the opening
> be?
> --- Dave Walters <whdavid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Brian Schlump wrote:
> > >
> > > Galen decoded my car for the previous owner and
> > his report shows that it
> > >
> > > was a factory 426 street wedge with a 4 speed.
> > One of the things that
> > > always amazed me is the crude hole in the floor
> > above the transmission.
> > >
> > > It looks like someone at the factory took a torch
> > and blew a hole in the
> > >
> > > hump in the floorboard, and then welded on the 4
> > speed hump.  Is that
> > > typical of a factory 4 speed installation?  It
> > sure looks crappy.
> > > BTW....The previous owner did replace some of the
> > floorboards, but not
> > > in that area above the transmission....Brian
> > >
> > > '64 Belvedere
> > > Davenport, Iowa
> > >
> > > "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary
> > is that little
> > > extra."
> >
> > Yep,that's how it was done.You might take the
> > opportunity now to clean
> > it up a bit while the tranny is out-if you prefer a
> > cleaner look that
> > is.
> >
> >   Dave Walters
> >   Denver, Co.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> George
>
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