Keisler 5-speed conversion on Early A-body: Install has begun

Dodgenut64 said
So does someone carry the tko 500 notched were Daves tko 500 is notched to kinda clear the torsion bar/cross member mount, or Would I need to notch it myself? I do have some fab skills (I made my oun radiator brakets and welded them to my radiator support), but Id be abit nervous cutting up a new transmission. Is it hard to do? Also what about the cross member, do i have to make one from scratch?

And you don't have to make the crossmember from scratch, you just need to butcher a factory unit and reinforce it. Here is the cobbed unit I built. remove the interior detail, remove the majority of the face for clearance for the bottom of the tailshaft, and fabricate a plate that somewhat matches the profile of the face out of 1/4" steel.

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