1950 3speed OD reliabilty ?

Posted by Jtm50 On 2015/8/17 20:39:06

Hello, I'm new to this site and Packards so please forgive my ignorance. I just acquired a 1950 deluxe sedan. The car is pretty solid and complete except for the engine. It has the 3 speed with overdrive that I like. The man I purchased it off of said he bought it without the engine and was planning on putting an inline chevy 6 in it. The car came with an old offenhauser trans adapter plate to mount a chevy bellhousing to a packard trans. I like the three on the tree but that leads to my questions. Will the Packard transmission and overdrive hold up? I want to be able to drive this car across the country and not have to worry about it or should I put in a modern transmission and be done. I am on a budget but I want my family and I to have fun with this car being able to go places. Please don't beat me up to bad I know it's blasphemy but any info on the transmission subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time, Jim