Thread: Shop Truck (True Spirit) Project

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All that's needed to tow something is to slide the hitch into the receiver and plug the lights in.

As I mentioned on the temp forum, the cab is coming along at the body shop and I'm waiting on pistons for the 440 so the machine work can be done. Basically I've been down to cleaning up a few odds and ends and getting ready to do the drive train.

I bit the bullet on the tranny and ordered a TCI RV tranny and converter. The 440 that I'm building is a late cast crank motor that takes a balance weight on the torque converter. I wanted to put a new flex plate in it anyway, and found out that there are a few companies that are making a plate that has the imbalance built into it. As the converter can now be a neutral balance unit it opens up a lot bigger selection of converters which are also generally cheaper (just in case I decide that I want something different down the road ). I ended up buying the B&M SFI approved one.

Some of the other non-stock mods I'll be making are a 350 HP square flange intake (1969 era) and 750 Edelbrock AFB. I'm also changing the water pump housing over to the earlier driver side one to match in the outlet on the aluminum radiator.

So for now, it's waiting on parts.