i'm going to be putting a 1960 235 in my 48 chevy and eventually hopping it up (not sure how much yet, but something respectible for a street cruiser). I have a 54 chevy rear (torque tube/3.7 gears), a ford 9", and the stock 48 rear at my disposal. I have the option of buying the manual tranny that came with the 235. My questions are:

1. would i be better off with a different tranny, or will the stock one be able to handle a hot motor? what would a good choice be? i definitely want to keep the 3 speed column shifter.

2. will any of those rear ends work, or would i be better off getting a 70 something nova rear end out of a junk yard? i'm pretty sure the ford would require a lot of effort to make it fit.

thanks,
joe


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'50 Chevy Fleetline DeLuxe
'48 Chevy Fleetmaster coupe
Chicago

'59 Chevy BelAir (v8)
'50 Chevy Fleetline DeLuxe ('55 235)
'48 Chevy Fleetmaster coupe (late 261)
Chicago