What is the best way to get an overdrive auto in a 67 Barracuda?

Carnut76 said

I'm going to have to agree with this, there is not enough time to split 1st and 2nd in my car, usually paddling the throttle to regain traction, 2nd to third not much time to make it worth splitting either, I was just mainly looking for an OD, that GM auto looks pretty bulky though, what mods do you have to make to the torsion bar crossmember?

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I cut the transmission tunnel portion back from just before the closest two bolt holes on the crossmember so that the portion still spot welded to the floor of the tunnel was protruding 1/2". I then capped that with a similar contoured piece of steel and boxed it in. I also welded a 1/4" thick piece of tunnel shaped steel plate across the floor in the passenger compartment to further strengthen it.

My torsion bar cross member was spot welded in rather sparingly from the factory. I welded it to the floor solidly and have the US Cartool subframe connectors as well.

Since I've done mine, US Cartool has come out with a easy-fit kit to install the 200R4 in any Mopar. The nice thing about it, is with a little welding and grinding, you could reverse the conversion and no one would ever know. When I see all the rust repair people have to do to the majority of the Mopars still out there, Its really no big deal. If you don't have a mig welder, you ould take the car to a muffler shop or prep the car at home and hire a mobile welding service to come over and do the welding in an hour or two.