The larger font numbers are stamped over the originals. I guess it's a warranty trans. It's being sold as out of a 71 RR.
The larger number is 1G112517A closeup would still help a lot.
Is that a 1G in the partial VIN?
This is NOT a warranty transmission.
Trying to decide to buy it or not. Don't have possession of it yet. Thanks for the info.1G so it has to be from a 1971 B-body.
For the rest, a nice clear in focus close up photo may help.
According to this it goes in pretty easy with a fabbed shifter mount plate.71 B&E body trans, will not fit an A-Body. I put one in a Duster in 1980 and had to torch and relocate the frame member to put it in the car. You can change the tail housing but that was too expensive for me to do then...
According to this it goes in pretty easy with a fabbed shifter mount plate.
B/E body four-speed in an A-body
There still isn't, hence the fabricated plate.There was no such thing as a fabbed mount plate in 1980...
I can't date it because I'm already spoken for....
Alaskan hit the nail on the head. It has the dual shifter location for B and E body. So the story jives that it's from a 71 Runner. Hemi cars and the 6 pack/6 barrel cars had the 18 spline input as standard equipment. The 4 barrel 440 engines came with 23 spline, 18 optional. Regardless of this info, it still won't work in your A-body without some heavy mods for shifter location. If it's dirt cheap, just snag the dang thing and flip it or use it for trading stock.
I found a Hurst plate on Ebay that mounts on the front 3 shifter bolt holes. It moves the shifter half way between the front 3 bolts holes for a B body and the rear 3 bolts holes for an E body. I have a bench seat in my Demon and the shifter fit just fine. I also found a offset tranny mount that just fits the tranny and the crossmember. I'll look for some pics I took before I installed it.According to this it goes in pretty easy with a fabbed shifter mount plate.
B/E body four-speed in an A-body