Re: 1971 Turbo Gremlin

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

glen - thanks for spotting postal-jeep.com; that's who i was looking
for.  tried to reply directly but your isp is blocking me.

From: hoag@xxxxxx

" From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
" 
" >first is the iron warner, cousin to the ford fmx.  used behind the 196
" >before about '62 when the aluminum tranny appeared; converter housing
" >the same except for dowel holes but dunno about flexplate or converter.
" >you could presumably use a v8 converter somehow.  you'd probably have
" >better luck finding a postal jeep with the setup; iirc they made a run
" >of them in the mid '70s with the old-style 232 and iron tranny.  i
" >learned that from postaljeep.com, but it doesn't seem to exist any more.
" 
" Are you thinking of postaljeep.net?  Or maybe there was a postal jeep 
" history site at postaljeep.com.  Anyway, I've driven past 
" postaljeep.net's yard; they are about 60 miles from here.  They have 
" a bunch of them.

i wasn't, but i found them too.  i guess you are in a position to
confirm that the dj5b/c did indeed still use the old-style '64-'71
block, or not.

do they rebuild warner autos?  do they know the ways they can be
beefed for severe duty?  or do they not get into them at all?
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