Look what I stumbled across yesterday...

Topic one- trans:

Thanks, that's good to know.
I knew the South American cars got locally sourced Eaton units with the shifter in the center of the trans tunnel if on the floor. The Safari I was looking at had a /6 three on the tree, and I was considering a floor shifter or 4 speed o/d box upgrade. Now I know that will be harder. Is the BW unit similar/interchange with T5 or something else stateside?

Topic 2- cobbled cars:

Quite a few that I have seen in the states have been cars with different front clips, and or marketed as things they are not. For me, I can live with that as long as I know what I'm getting and the price reflects it. Bogus VIN/tag, OTOH, is BS.

I actually did know the yellow car was not an R/T, but didn't really get a good look at an Aus fender tag until I saw that 70 up close.
It appears that they used some of the same codes for body style (23 for example), but lots of everything else is different.