1966 g van has a new home

G-Man did you get the inline thermostat as well ? cuts on at 180 off at 165...
Install only took a few hours including fabing the brackets...I powered it up a few minutes ago...man that fan pulls some air !!!!!

Started to work on the transmission swap...tranny rebuilt and cleaned.... started fabricating the crossmember...after doing some measuring it seems like the turbo 350 is the same length as the three speed bell housing combo ???

[i]I just love the ingunity of the younger guys!! Skateboard under the tranny!! Great -Just Great !!

Twinpilot I have had that skateboard since 1976 when I use to skate half pipes...that board has come in handy for many years...have had many a transmissions on it .... used it to get the reared out from under the 66 surf wagon...every well equipt shop should have one...Haha !

Mine is a Gold anodized aluminum model that I have had since I was 15. A Ford 289 is about max for mine...lmao..With the extra wide trucks under it.

Spent some quality time with the sawzall, grinder, welder and some scrap metal..made the transmission crossmember....need to make the endplates but will wait till the transmission is in place...[/url[url=https://servimg.com/view/15131473/234][/url[url=https://servimg.com/view/15131473/235][/url[url=https://servimg.com/view/15131473/236][/url[url=https://servimg.com/view/15131473/237]

Nice!

Looks nice and neat !

Give us some pictures after it's in there also, nice job

Good fab Whopman!

What source did you use for the tube stock? (pre-bent?)

George

One of the mechanics that works at the Harley shop with me has a tube bender...i told him how much drop I wanted and he bent the 2 pieces....
As I get around to the install I will post more pics...hopefully that will be soon.

looks like the ones Vic makes

Completed the crossmember this morning...now on to trans cooling lines, fill tube and shifter...

looks good

What a sano job ! Bet your getting excited being as close to done as you are. Bill

Very clean set up there, you have to be happy with that for sure

chipping away at the install trans cooler lines in with thermostat..waiting on the shifter and dipstick

more time under the van trying to finish up the tranny swap..got the dipstick installed and fabricated the vacuum line...waiting on the 96 inch cable from lokar to compete the install...should be here tomorrow..

Finally......Shifter is in installed..... complete with neutral safety switch, remote cooler with thermostat....took it for a drive shifts well.....kept trying to push in the now non-existant clutch...old habits die hard..

Still have to install my Lokar, but from what I see you did a first class job.

Thank you G-Man.....it was a bit of a chore getting it all together..just took it out for a 25 mile trip in stop and go traffic....probably gonna have to raise the idle up a tad...all else good, kept waiting for the remote fan to kick on....it never did, but when I jump the terminals it kicks right on...the lines feel real warm, but I don't think the tranny fluid temp hit 180....will keep an eye on it until I hear or see it come on just for piece of mind.

whopman, what kind of trans cooler did you use?

VB ....I used a drake performance trans cooler part number 13720...picked it up at summit racing..fan dimensions 4" x 11 1/2" overall size is 15 3/4" x 9 1/2..it has an 8 pass tube and fin setup. 650 cfm push or pull fan, I have it setup to pull from the top thru the fins. The thermostat is also derale, it is an inline that activates at 180 and turns off at 165 and connects directly to the -6 an fittings.

Sorry auto correct got me again it is a Derale performance cooler.

cool, thanks. I have been looking at the derales . The one I like is a 16 pass for oil and trans fluid with the same fan etc.