Re: 1971 AMC Hornet SST 2 door, assistance please

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: Could also use the V8 pattern bell with later 6


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Subject: Re: 1971 AMC Hornet SST 2 door, assistance please
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I'd check with Advance Adapters and make sure there isn't an early to late 
six bell adapter (I wouldn't be surprised if Andrew has done that already!). 
The bell on the BW trannys is a separate piece so the trans could be used on 
many different makes. AMG could easily have made another bell for the newer 
engines. I do believe you are correct though, that the early bolt pattern 
was used. It would have been cheaper and easier to change the block casting 
than to tool up for a new bell. I've seen at least one mid 70s postal Jeep 
with a small bell pattern and M35.


On March 30, 2005 andrew hay wrote:

> one of the tricks here is finding out how late am general kept making
> early-style blocks.  they were using m35s and m12s as late as the
> mid-'70s, and that suggests early blocks.
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