Cade and I kept plugging away at getting the engine and trans mock-up done on Sunday. It looks like we have just one more hurtle to clear. We ran into an interference issue with a boss on the OD unit and the trans crossmember. On the transmission that’s going into the car the hole is plugged so trimming the part of the boss off will not be a problem. On the mock-up case it’s threaded (I’m guessing for a plug). As the mock-up case is borrowed, I want to talk to the guy I borrowed it from to see if he will let me trim that area or has a junk housing I can cut. If not I’ll trim the OD housing on the complete transmission I have that’s going in the car then pull the mock-up engine and trans out of the car and mount the rebuilt transmission to the mock-up engine. Either way I have to trim the boss where I’ve drawn the red line to get the engine/trans in straight before I built the motor mounts.


z OD int 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr


For AC/heat I’d been debating on whether to put the factory heater from the parts car in the green car and use an under dash AC unit or buy a combination heat/AC unit.

The heater had been pulled from the Green car when it was built and the firewall holes filled. I decided to go with a unit that I suspect is probably made by the same outfit as the heat/AC unit Seth is running in his 53 Dodge truck. I got the one with the 6 outlets that should tuck under the dash (yeah I know it’s going to be a mess of hoses by the time I get through).

z ac by M Patterson, on Flickr


I’m still looking for some vents to mount under the dash that I like but I think it should work out OK.

We pulled the factory heater out of the mock-up car Sunday, mostly to get the blower motor out of the way. And it looks like there should be enough room under the dash to get everything tucked up there. I may not be Cades’ favorite person when it’s all done…..but he fits under the dash so much better than me .



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