Hi guys.
I live in Australia, about 160kM north of Sydney. I have an original 1957 Chev 210 4-door. It's an original Fischer bodied Canadian car, and is a blue flame, column shift 3-speed - 100% original. All of the car's original bits are still there, and most of the 50 year old seals all leak so I am about to give it a freshen up.
What I'm looking at doing is removing the blue flame and putting it aside, and fitting a 283. I have three or four '58 - '60 283's laying around. My question is, will the blue flame's original bellhousing with side mounts bolt up to the SBC? If it will, do I use the blue flame starter motor (bellhousing mount)? I assume it will use a 10.5" SB flywheel and clutch. If it doesn't does anyone have any ideas (note that the clutch fork and linkage is on the RH side of the bellhousing). The engine front mounts are easy (Danchuk or the like). The only other hard bit is the accelerator linkage. As the car is RH drive this may be difficult. Any suggestions?
Byron