Does anyone out there know of anyway to put an automatic trans on my stock 29 desoto 6 cylinder. I appreciate the help in advance
Check with "73RR" here, gary is Quality Engeneered Components, makes adaptors for Mopar I-6, don't know if it reaches that far back though.
What the heck does a 29 DeSoto even look like..? The red one was built in the 50s and I bought it as you see there, in 71 or so. That car later got returned to stock and the black primer one was built from several parts cars that I had to buy. That black one I built in 79/80 I can't imagine trying to put an A/T up to the back of the engine, as the bell has the rear side mounts as well as the pedals built onto it. Sounds like a challenge. Open drive though, so that's one good thing.
F&j my desoto is a big for door sedan it looks like a big model a sedan it has a grille lijke the picture u attached
Best bet would probably be to put a later motor in with it too. A '50s Mopar flat six would probably look close enough to original to fool most people and be easier to adapt to an auto trans.
Well I'm wantin to do away with the up draft carberator. So a 50s motor might be better anytways. Thank you
I know what all of the body styles look like; I had many of them, many years ago. That age of car was very popular at Hershey about 40 years ago, and parts still could be found there. All of those olds Mopars are very cool. Most of the other Mopars had similar looking parts, but they were not quite right. Plymouth was closest as far as fenders, but not much else, but doors would be ok.. The Chrysler model 65 might have similar drive train parts. Dodge had nothing in common then. I was thinking; I do have some recent pics from the owner of the rarest body style, that he emailed to me last year. A sedan delivery. Maybe only 2 built, and this is the only known survivor. I will try to find the pics later tonight and post them here, if I do.
If you know how to search here for other members? Search for Duford who is in England. He has a very similar car, but I believe it has the early 50s Mopar engine in it. It sure looks sort of stock in there; the main difference in looks is that pre-34 has exposed cylinder jackets, and later ones are enclosed by a water jacket which makes that part of the block, flat looking.
Do you have enough room for a 25" engine? Although the 230 is a good piece, the bigger 251/265 sure has more low speed grunt. .
Take a driving lesson. When new they were very easy to drive and shift, and required very little shifting. Old ladies and grannies drove them. Once you got into 3d you could drive around all day. I suppose it would be possible to put in an automatic if you gave an expert hot rod shop unlimited time and unlimited money but there is no easy or cheap way. Far better to sell the car and buy something that has an automatic in it. Like a fifties car, or a twenties or thirties car that has been hot rodded.
You're funny as hell Rusty....people have been putting automatics behind these 6's for quite a while now and it ain't difficult. I know you are bored over at the AACA because it doesn't move very fast.......but this is not a restorer's site.
I'm just assuming maybe there's a reason the OP can't drive a standard, bad knees or some sort of handicap, that kind of thing. But otherwise, yeah, that is an option, learn to drive a stick. If you're on a budget I'd think say a Chevy 250 six and trans would be cheap, or maybe a late AMC out of a Jeep if you want to try to keep it more or less all Mopar.
I really like this car. Its a solid great running original. But I have arthritus really bad in my right wrist so I'm jus tryin to build it to suit my problems
If 'Arthur' is your constant companion then doing a fair bit of wrenching may be an issue, no? Your proposed TF swap has been done before but it is not a weekend project, but then, many projects on the Hamb have dragged on for years. If you have enough disposable income then hire out the work (although finding a qualified shop is always an issue) and be driving next week. More time than money? I think that describes 95% of Hambers. Have an honest discussion with Arthur and develop a workable plan and get busy. .
thanks for the advice everyone on the hunt for a later model flat six thanks did any of the 50s mopars have automatics in them from the factory
It is also possible to find industrial packages like airport tugs that have an L6 and a post 65 style TF. .
Another problem. We're tryin to get the water pump off. We got the 4 bolts off and the fan off and it won't budge. Is there some kind of trick to it?
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