i've not been looking forward to removing the transmission crossmember.
plan is to remount about 6" back.
my truck is still very rusty and dirty, and i knew i'd have to climb under to get the 16 solid rivits out without damaging frame or crossmember. so i took a day off work.......
it was as nasty as i guessed, but was nicely suprised to see it bolted up to the tranny i'm going to be installing perfect, NP435.

it's sitting about 2" too low, i'll fix when i modifiy the crossmember for front driveshaft clearance.

 

Lol well sweet deal sounds like you made some progress

 

Are you going to hanging pedals?

Isn't the trans installed backwards in the picture? (not that it matters)

Your crossmember looks completely different than my '52 F-1's. Do you have a head-on shot of it?

 

yeah, i'm planning on using hanging pedals.
and thats a good eye, i do have the crossmember hooked up backwards compaired to stock.
this is the only other picture i took, it has holes/mounts to fit a master cylinder on either side, hmmm.

 

Very interesting! It appears that your F-3's crossmember, mounted in the stock position in an F-1, would clear a T-5 yet retain the strength of a stock crossmember, and still retain the pedals....

I would really appreciate it if you could take a measurement vertically from the top flange of the crossmember (where it rivets to the top of the frame rail) to the top of the surface you are mounting the trans on.

-- Ross

 

This pic is when I had an AOD in the stock frame. It just cleared the stock crossmember and would make transmission removal a pain. Also the F-1 pedal mount and master cylinder will NOT fit this crossmember.

 

Thanks Dueller, I'm thinking the lower part of the F-3 crossmember could be grafted to a F-1 crossmember to clear the T-5.