Inliners International Forums General Discussion Drive Train 3 speed trans?

Looking for another 3 speed for my 55 chevy truck and wondered if the truck trans was the same as a car trans? Also some of the levers on the trans eighter I've seen going up or down. Can you just turn these over if you have too? Somebody had mentioned that to be true,I don't know? Thank You..

Dear Halley;

The main case & gears are. However; the shifting arms & tail shaft/housings vary.

If the total lenght is okay, just use your sideplate and your A-Okay.

When a floor shift (conversion) is used the arms are reversed. This is not a good idea as they often slip making it hard to change gears. If your on the column now, that's the best place.

Good luck.

Car trannies will have all four mounting bolts from the outside, where the truck ones have the top two on the outside and the bottom two from the inside. If you use a car tranny with a truck bellhousing, you need to use a bolt and nut on the bottom two.

55-57 car and 55-63 truck are interchangeable, except for the mounting holes, and possibly the side cover, which you can reuse from your old one if necessary.

I've used a floor shifter with the above trannies before. The arms can be flipped. A "U" bolt and an "L" shaped bracket is all there is to it. The bracket can be bolted on in either position. Aftermarket shifters come with everything you need to do this anyway.