" From: farna@xxxxxxx " " " On April 20, 2005 mail-return@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: " " > actually when i said 350, i meant the engine not the tranny. " > " > " which is a pattern all of it's own aside from BOP or Chev " > " > yup, but the engine is bop - hence the adapter. used to puzzle me why " > they didn't just use a bop case... " > ________________________________________________________________________ " " So the Buick 350 in Jeeps used an adapter too? I thought only the 327 " used the adapter. I guess the reason was the trans they were selling " Kaiser Jeep at the time. It was the "universal" or "export" model. I " guess GM started seeling the nailhead pattern case to overseas " customers to keep volume up (just a guess!), then had to continue " making them for supply/replacement reasons for a while after the " nailhead went away. yup. i finally concluded that it was cheaper for kaiser to make the adapter than stock two trannies. afaik the first year or two of amc engines were also adapted. the nailhead also had a very deep flywheel pocket on the block, making the th400 case very flat on the bell. that gives more scope for adaptation. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought