1971 Speedipus Rex by dangina

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5-16-2014

So I have been busy...to prove it we added another little guy to the family - his name is Sylvester Gauge but we just call him Gauge:

started working on rebuilding the shifter, What a PITA to put back together! Whats worse was half way through building it I found that the brewers "rebuild kit" does not include everything. I had to wait for parts to finish it:

So I had a couple days off and had to rush finishing the brake lines so I can get the motor in, so I have room on the floor for my wifes motor and tranny for her duster. I never had so many leaks in my entire life I think I bent and flared every line to the rear diff at least 3 times. Plus dumped about 2 bottles of brake fluid all on the fender and on me. I was not happy. I found out that if you use the longer fittings they seem to help.

But secretly I really did them so I could finish one of my secret projects I thought of two years ago and is now just finished:

so I had to drill out holes in the bracket so I could have the smallest footprint possible:

I had to mark and drill holes in the floorpan for the lines and bolt the bracket to the floor. The bracket holes are exactly on either side of the torsion bar support rail. And it's the possition I want when I'm sitting down (luckily)

the patch that is in place under the bracket so i can remove the carpet and the bracket stays in place

drilled out the holes I need on the new hurst shifter handleL:

Put it all together(sorry for taking the pic at a bad angle ):

Run the brake lines so they clear the torsion bar hole in case of removal:

And you got the worlds first Hydraulic ebrake pistol grip! Cool part now is my car will have both the 71 short shift and the 71 bench seat shifter in one car!

Cleaning up the center console:

got the aluminum pullys and brackets powdercoated:

Dropped in the new motor!

threw in my headman headers to check for clearance with the boregson box, seems theres a ton of room all around and clears my fast ratio arms as well!:

got my parts for the shift and got working on the tranny, its the numbers matching A833 for my car, sat on the owners garage floor the last 20 years, still had oil in it, changed the speedo gear and seals to match my 3:55 truetrack, and painted it grey (previous owner painted it sublime green)

got my new american powetrain bellhousing for my 11" flywheel setup, beatiful piece, 2 starter positions for the 10.5 and 11" setup, also it has holes on the backside to be mounted to other transmissions, very cool:

Put it all together and what do you got?!