TECH REQUEST!! caddy 390 question??

for a up comming project later on way down the road im going to be using a cad 390. i have had 3 caddys with these motors and love em. but i hate the transmissions.

I want a manual box. So my question to you guys is... what manual trans will fit the 390??? i know of a web site that sells an adapter kit to use a s-10 trans with a ministarter and ****. but that cost like 600 bucks. and thats not what i want to spend 600 bucks on.

thanks im just looking for idea's right now so i know what i need to be looking for if anything at all.

 

The (56 to 62s) caddys don`t have provisions in the belhousing for a starter.(they mount in the trannie)
The only way to run them is with an adaptor from Wilcamp,
the takes a GM automatic.A few with stick where made to use
in ambulanses and believe or not, tanks.Good luck finding one.
The company you mentioned is only for `49 to `55 motors.
Also adaptor plates from way back(mostly for Ford tranies)
are still floating around from time to time.
The stock early Olds stick shifts,bell housing and flywheel
are a direct bolt on.Often used with a LaSale floor shift.
This is a great set up,but very hard to find and expensive.
You might run across one piece,but finding all three is
allmost impossible.
I`ve had Caddy motors in 3 street rods,they are great.
Have a 331/`54 el Dorado (stock 2/4s)in a RPU.
Just sold a `34 roadster with a `59/390 ElDO (stock 3/2s)
A dream car.
Anyway for a 390 go auto from Wilcamp,they sell a flywheel
or flexplate that has a MoPar ring gear welded on it and
the adaptor takes a Chrysler starter.I used the small hi
torque one.
Good luck,Cadallacin is the bomb!
JR