When a new acquisition turns out better than you thought.....

Another good day.
Mopowers (Evan) posted the link to the Craigslist ad. I met the man today and brought this home:

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This is the desirable A-500 for those of us not versed in electronic stuff. It has a traditional speedometer drive….

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3 wire for lockup and overdrive.

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Sometime soon I’ll look into how to wire and operate it. It came with a flex plate and this….

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High stall Lock Up ?

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That is great! The mount is rather elaborate.

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The forward bolts are about 24 1/2” from the bell housing face. This compares to approximately 22 1/2” on a 904/998/999. I have this foggy memory that US Cartool offered a crossmember for this application?
If not, I’m going to have to learn about modifying a stock one and adjusting for drive line angles.
This ought to be fun !

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