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English Chevy Owner
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Shropshire, UK/ Lot, France
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Powerglide Transmission
I recently met a guy who had just bought a 68 short step not too far away from me in the UK. It has been fairly heavily modified in it's lifetime and he intends to put it back to a reasonable original state. My question is this...the truck has a 350 small block with awhat appearsfrom the oil pan to be a powerglide transmission. Is this likely to be original or a later addition, I am betting on an addition as it has a bodged on floor mounted shifter. Is the powerglide a good reliable transmission or is it trouble in waiting? Any advice welcomed.
We're now looking froward to driving in a very small convoy of two to some shows and cruises, should grab some attention round here, one 60's Chevy truck is unusual two together like the proverbial rocking horse dung!
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Phil '67 C10 long fleet. 350/TH350, 4 bbl Carter, K&N, Dual exhaust, loads of stuff coming soon 2001 S10 Blazer Daily Driver, bone stock 4 door 4x4 with manual transmission |
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Powerglides are a two speed trans, there very popular with drag racers as they can be build to handle lots of torque and HP. My kid has one in his 68 3/4T. You will ussually see the word Powerglide on the side of the trans.
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Powerglide was available as an option in '68. I have one.
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English Chevy Owner
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If this tranny had come with the truck originally would it have been hooked up to a column change? If so would the shift indicator just have had P-R-N-D-1-2 on it? Is the gas mileage gonna be poor with it being a two speed, would it be better to find a decent th350/400? It's not a daily driver, just a fun truck.
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Phil '67 C10 long fleet. 350/TH350, 4 bbl Carter, K&N, Dual exhaust, loads of stuff coming soon 2001 S10 Blazer Daily Driver, bone stock 4 door 4x4 with manual transmission Last edited by Lippyp; 09-02-2002 at 03:50 AM. |
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From my older days, I didn't notice any difference between a powerglide or a turbo350 as far as gas mileage goes. if therere was some it was negligble. I don't know about the trucks, but on my older impalas the shifter read P R N D L with a powerglide.
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
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that's right...P RNDL
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