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sixtywagon


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Hi guys,  I just purchased a 60 Biscayne(I know its not a Pontiac)  But the Canadian Pontiacs are the same. Anyways, I'm thinking of swapping a 4 speed or 5 speed trans into it. Does anyone know of an easy swap? Or a bolt up to the original bellhousing?   Thanks, kenconfused

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I know where there used to be a set of either 59 or 60 pedals and Z bar if that helps any. I will be close to that wrecking yard this weekend, although it may be gone or totally snowed under by now. It was in a Chevy wagon, and I would think they would be the same.

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  Thanks but I worded it wrong,imslow.gif Sorry, I'm trying to find out what trans might fit my 60 Biscayne, (its already a 3 spd column shift) so it has all the pedals. I'm gonna leave the safari as an auto..aww

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Ah, ok. I would suspect a Muncie or Saginaw swap would be easiest, but I'm not sure that they go straight into your bellhousing.

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I think the Yankee Pontiacs used T10's in 1960. That might be your best bet..
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A Muncie M20 or 21, Saginaw, T-10 will bolt right in....with your stock bell and clutch. All you need is a 4 speed shifter and a hole in the tunnel.

I think a 5 speed from a 4.3 may also work.

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Poncho62 is correct.... idea

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 A Buddy of mine is gonna be scrapping an S10 with a 4.3 w/5spd, so I'll have to hit him up for the trans..... 
                                             Thanks, Guys.     Ken

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1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

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Did you go through with it? How did you make out?

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 Nope, never changed it....Sold it to a guy in Edmonton.  It needed an out of province inspection and I didn't want to go thru the headache.  The new owner has put a lot of cash into it, and it didn't pass. But, hes still working on it, all it needs now is a trunk pan and some lower rear quarters.  He said the guys he took it to were really picking the car apart(it was a hotrod shop)  They probably wanted him to sell it to them.

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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