First I'll start off with some background to explain why I'm doing this.  When I bought the car I knew it needed some work, this was after all supposed to be a project car, so I was planning on doing this eventually anyway.  The time table got moved up when my newly rebuilt engine began chewing up my transmission.  While the original close-range Muncie M-21 may be great for a collector it Isn't very practical for driving.  I decided to get an overdrive transmission.  I searched long and hard and have documented this search here.

When I finally decided on the T-56 six speed I knew I would have to move the transmission mount back a few inches.  I decided to put the car up on a rack and take a look at how much work I was in for.  Good thing I did.  I found a large section of my frame under the drivers door was completely rusted out.  In addition to the drivers side rocker channel.  This would make it nearly impossible to mount a new cross member not to mention being an accident waiting to happen. 

When you look around in the links above you will probably think I am absolutely nuts.