OK, I did some thinking and decided that since I'm over cutting one hole in the floor for a TH350 shifter, I might as well go for what I really want anyway which is a 4-speed Muncie to replace the old Powerglide. I now have a column-shift with the "rare" (but not desirable?) bench seat.
I queried this group on the TH350 conversion and got some good feedback, so I'm hoping that someone has done the PG to 4-speed conversion and can help me decide if that's what I should do. I've found a lot of scattered information on the subject, but no real clear-cut "guide", so here it goes.
I'd obviously need to chop a hole in the floor for a shifter and another for the clutch. Does anyone know if the shifter will be OK with the bench seat?
I'm reading mixed information about the crossmember and driveshaft for this swap. Has anyone done it and how much different in size/mounting locations is the Muncie compared to the PG?
If anyone has done it or knows a link, is there some complete list of EVERYTHING that would be needed to complete the swap? So far I've got the tranny, shifter, clutch kit, clutch fork, pedal assemblies, and linkage kit. Classic Industries sells the linkage kit for $95 that appears to have everything to connect your foot to the clutch, but I'd feel better knowing someone who has actually done it, as you always seem to have a few little brackets here and there that need purchased as well to do it right.
I've been carefully making modifications to it for the past 4 years, but nothing really drastic like this. I have rebuilt the engine, put a different cam in it, headers, dual Flowmasters, etc. Basically stuff that would be REALLY easy to put back to bone stock if I wanted to. I figure it's already got new fenders and 1/4 panels, so it's not really "original" anymore anyway. Worst case I'd have to plug a couple holes and drop the PG back in to truly bring it back to where it's at now, although I'd probably never do that, but I'm still keeping all the original stuff anyway. I wouldn't even cut the driveshaft either if it doesn't work, I'd buy another one to chop so it would all go back in.
Thanks in advance for your help, Doomie