Hello Everyone
I'm still trying to work the kinks out of my 57 Silver Hawk. It's going pretty well. I took about a 4 hr trip in it over the weekend---drives pretty nice!
This car has a champion 6 with an auto transmission. I don't know yet whether it is the original motor & trans(I'm waiting on the build sheet), but the thought occurred to me that I would have a little more control of the power if it had a 4 on the floor. If I remember correctly, they put a Vette transmission in a Hawk in 1961. The question is: Is there any 4 speed stick that will mate with the champion engine? Or better yet, what about the stude overdrive transmission with a floor shift? I'm assuming you might have to fabricate a linkage if you wanted this configuration. Of course when you ask if it can be done, the answer is almost always "yes" and the next question is "should it be done?" If anyone has done this let me know. I guess I still remember my 67 chevy 327 4 speed. It was a fun car to drive. Regards---Dan
I'm still trying to work the kinks out of my 57 Silver Hawk. It's going pretty well. I took about a 4 hr trip in it over the weekend---drives pretty nice!
This car has a champion 6 with an auto transmission. I don't know yet whether it is the original motor & trans(I'm waiting on the build sheet), but the thought occurred to me that I would have a little more control of the power if it had a 4 on the floor. If I remember correctly, they put a Vette transmission in a Hawk in 1961. The question is: Is there any 4 speed stick that will mate with the champion engine? Or better yet, what about the stude overdrive transmission with a floor shift? I'm assuming you might have to fabricate a linkage if you wanted this configuration. Of course when you ask if it can be done, the answer is almost always "yes" and the next question is "should it be done?" If anyone has done this let me know. I guess I still remember my 67 chevy 327 4 speed. It was a fun car to drive. Regards---Dan
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