Y Block to singlerail???

[lowxm]

anyone put a single rail behind a y block?

I've heard of people doing it, just wondering how they did it?

thanks
sam

[jailbar joe]

pretty sure from memory that a toploader was a bolt up deal to a yblock so a single rail should fit okay.....

[46 deluxe]

I would be interested if anyone has done the single rail swap , it's something I was thinking of doing myself .

[lowxm]

pretty sure from memory that a toploader was a bolt up deal to a yblock so a single rail should fit okay.....

just finding that top loader bell thats the hard part
i had a 3spd top loader that i sold on here but I'm certain the bolt pattern is different on the 4 spd

[Twin Spinner]

I'm pretty sure the top loader/single rail bolts up to the original Y block bell housing.

[jailbar joe]

yep forgot that bit twin spinner ...use the original MANUAL yblock bellhousing and of coarse the appropriate clutch plate

[lowxm]

yep forgot that bit twin spinner ...use the original MANUAL yblock bellhousing and of coarse the appropriate clutch plate

awesome! thanks guys!

[46 deluxe]

yep forgot that bit twin spinner ...use the original MANUAL yblock bellhousing and of coarse the appropriate clutch plate

Is it really that simple ?
Are imput shaft lengths , diameter etc compatable ?

[Twin Spinner]

A bloke that worked for me years ago had a 1959 F100 with Y block and a rooted original 4 speed box, him and his mate fitted a top loader to it in my shop and it only took a day. Also search through Oldcol's history here as he showed how easy it was a few years back.

[Oldcol]

Toploader, the narrow inner bolt pattern is the same as Cussy, Spinner and Studebaker....single rail isn't so you'd have to redrill the bellhousing at the very least...but I suspect the pattern is wider across than the bellhousing pattern and bolt face. The rest of the conversion will be the same as what I showed to fit the Topoloader to the late Flathead bell,clutch is the same as Falcon/Cusso.

...PS...the boxes are good,the shifters are shit. Shifter parts are next to obsolete and there are a myriad of variations of them ( don't ask how I found this out,it ain't pleasant) .Unless you have a box with a mint shifter, you may wish to reconsider the plan and just use a Topoader