I have a 63 fairlane 500. It has a 260 v8 with a ford-o-matic transmission. I was wanting to change to a c4 transmission but I was told that I would have to get a trany from that generation motor because the bolt pattern is different. Is that true? If so can I buy a bell housing that will work?

Asked by fairlane4all Oct 02, 2012 at 12:58 PM about the 1963 Ford Fairlane

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260ci. 2-speed automatic
transmission. 4 door

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jarch answered 11 years ago

here is a link for a kit to bolt a newer tranny to a 260 engine http://www.transmissionadapters.com/ford_5_bolt_289_engine_to_small.htm

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