Thanks Frank, that is exactly the kind of advice I am looking for. Currently the car is an automatic, and with city driving, I prefer to stay that way. I will start looking for a ford 250 with an automatic transmission, just in case I need it. btw, the automatic transmission in my 63 is a little growly at very low speeds. My past experience leads me to believe that it could just be normal or really bad, but nothing in between. any advice? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080430/a74e25b4/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list