'74 Manual To Automatic Conversion?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Texas City, TX Texas
'74 Manual To Automatic Conversion?
IS HE CRAZY?!?!? I see lots of info to swap in a stick, but what about going the other way? I know I could sell the car and buy one with an auto, just wondering.
Melting Slicks
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From: Great Plains Iowa
I've done it several times and there's nothing unusual about it. If you drive in cities like San Francisco where there are a LOT of hills an automatic is the only way to go.
Team Owner
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From: Thomson Georgia
I am not sure. I am not sure but you are using the best Automatic available. I put one in my 74 when I removed the Th-400 it is smaller. What are you doing with the manual set-up? I am looking to do the auto to manual switch on my 74. Let me know if you already bought your 700R4.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2015
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From: Texas City, TX Texas
I figured it would fit, all the searches showed auto to manual, not vise versa. I don't even have the car yet. I may love the stick as I no longer commute to Houston, and wouldn't use the 'Vette if I did. But over the last thirty years I've grown to hate stick shifts. I'm lazy!
Burning Brakes
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From: Austin TX
When the TH350 died in my T-bucket, I swapped in a TH400. I originally wanted the 700R4, but a local shop said it would require a larger tunnel. Don't know if the tunnel in my T was smaller than in a Vette.
Last edited by 454Luvr; Jan 18, 2016 at 05:02 PM.