833 tranny

Considering you can get A833ODs from pickups and vans for less than $100, fab the adapter in an hour or two from scrap plate and it cost me $75 to have the drive shaft cut and balanced, that is quite a savings from the typical $400-$500 for an A-body A833.

BTW, There is only one part that needs to be fabricated and one modified. Clearancing the tunnel is car specific (I didn't need to) and is only a couple of whacks with a hammer. There is only one boss on the front mount that is close to the torsion bar cross member. On my car it didn't touch statically but would when turning. I wound up nipping the corner off the boss; it still had enough flat to be used as a boss.

FWIW, I got my tranny, bell housing, flywheel, clutch, slip yoke and shifter from an 81 D100 pickup for $75. So it cost me a total of $220 (tranny, drive shaft, a-body shifter rods and hump) to go from a 3 spd manual to 4spd. That was my motivation.