1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project

5/28/20:

Sorted out the lower Cross member below the transmission.

I had a lower trans cross member for a mopar with a t5 swap from an old friend, Sam Powell.
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That part ended up not fitting due to it being for a different Body style 67-76 A Body Mopar..
So I began to modify the original trans cross member out of this car that was used with the 3 speed.

I got to cutting and modding, Fabbing and Welding.

My original Idea Sort of worked, but it located the Trans up too high in the car.
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This was an easy mod, Cut come clearance windows on the front and rear of the cross member and then weld up the 2 large holes that ma mopar had for the access to the trans bolts, and put small slots there..... but it was not to work :-(
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Simple and worked well in theory ( in my mind) but not in real life on the car.
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So that not so messy part had to morph into this betwixt beauty of mangled wire welding metal:
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I basically had to cut and lower the lower attachment point of mount ~5/8". So I cut some metal strips and installed the lowering kit.
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Finsihed rresult holds the trans in place without too much fiddling to get things all together.
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Next, Clutch fork fitting, Driveshaft getting, then Upper cross member making.

Stay tuned!

Greg