Re: 51 200 auto to manual swap

Posted by Tobs On 2009/3/3 11:49:16
My uncles did this swap on their 53 Carib, it must have been in the late 70's or early 80's when I was old enough to notice that my grandfathers clipper had an auto trans with a burgundy steering column and my uncles carib had a manual trans and a blue steering column. There were (at least) 2 packards in the family at that time, so parts cars were no problem.
Given a source of parts, I can't imagine it would be too bad, besides: trans and bellhousing swap, cooling lines out, column swap, pedals, driveshaft. Rear axle.... just a few small pieces haha. Depends on your level of experience I guess.
Good luck,
Mike

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