Well, if we include brand X, in 1975 or so, I transplanted a frod 289
into my 170 C. I. U100 (Rag top/doors) Bronco. Not a bolt in project.
required cutting, bending,fabricating, welding the body for clearance,
relocation of the footfeed, flame wrench to cut off the motor mount
horns from the frame, fabrication of new motor mounts, scrounging a left
exh. manifold that would work , and fabricating a custom exhaust, as
none of the V8 stock parts would fit in the 6 cyl body. Yep, v8 got a
different body!
Same summer and more or less simultaneously, did a transplant in a
friend's 62 frod van. Was supposed to be a simple engine transplant
from a 66 frod hangover van. when we found different bellhousings
(different generations of frod drivetrains) we ended up transplanting
the whole 66 driveline, which involved cutting and fabricating on the
body also. Quite a bit of flame wrench work. When we got the engine
and trans in, we found neither driveshaft would work. At that point it
was sinpler to cut out the rear ends and springs from both, and put the
66 driveshaft and rear ind into the 62. THe 65up differential was much
more robust too. the junky little falcon car spicer diff used 61-64 was
notorious for failure.
OK Don via Mercedes wrote on 11/1/19 7:01 PM:
My son and I did that same swap also (190D (W201) from automatic to manual
transmission).
I did swap an MG 1600 four cylinder engine for an Olds 3500 (215 CID)
aluminum block V8 in my younger days - made a great driving car.
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