starter motor for slant six

SSD:

"-'63-'66 Canadian-built vehicles used Prestolite ("Auto Lite") direct-drive Bendix drive starter"

I'm nowhere near my car right now and can't check it, but it sounds like I have a direct drive. Car in Calgary, me in Ontario (out on Lake Erie but that's another story). My brother has a wrecking ya...OOOPs, I mean an automobile recycling yard, and I can get a Nippondenso starter from him, sounds like they are gear reduction and won't work on my '64 225 Valiant....are there any other smaller, lighter and more powerful starters that might??? The present starter is a huge heavy unit, as I'm sure you know.

TIA

Dan