Help... got a few questions on the '65

Turn signals are a $5 fix.

The transmission your car was born with was cable shifted, ball & truninon output, ant early style converter.

I'm in the same boat with my swap, but haven't decided which way to go. I have a V8 cable shift front case, a 72 core transmission, a low gear set and 5 disk front drum out of an 80's transmission, and my 65 slant transmission. I had originally planned a "Frankentranny" using mostly 72 guts with 65 mainshaft and rear case. This would look correct visually, and I would just shorten my current driveshaft for the 8 3/4 as the B&T is recently rebuilt. This would saddle me with the 65 valve body for which less stuff is available.

Since my car is not strictly a resto, but a driver, I will probably rebuild and beef the 72 tranny and use the conversion shift cable from Imperial Services, and use a later driveshaft. The cable is slightly spendy, but I can keep my original floor shifter. If it was a pushbutton car, this would be the obvious choice.

A small aftermarket shifter (Hurst or B&M) can be made to fit inside the original floor shifter console. Cost would be similar to the conversion cable. The advantage here is if you plan to race the car; a common NHRA approved shifter will get you through tech quicker.

One other stumbling block might be the speedo cable. I think the 65 cable housing and pinion carrier are crimped together. 66 and later threaded together, but pre-67 speedometers use a threaded connector, not the later snap on plastic connector. My plan is to use a 66 cable. I hope it will work