I want one for my chero, but the paint job told me it very likely needed rebuilt, then add getting the proper adapter, didn't look like the effort would be worth the few hundred dollars saved over buying a new one.
Not sure why you thought that was a paint job. It was not painted that was just how clean the aluminum was. the fluid was cherry red also. new one for short C6 $3300 so that's about a $2000 dollar difference http://www.gearvendors.com/product/automatic-3-speed-c-6-shorty-tailhousing-4/?TYPE= http://www.gearvendors.com/buy-now.html?VEHICLE_TYPE=CAR&FUEL_TYPE=GAS&TRANSMISSION_TYPE=AUTOMATIC&remove=true&submit_x=14&submit_y=11&submit=GO&eleminated[MANUFACTURER]=DODGE&eleminated[WHEEL_DRIVE]=REAR WHEEL DRIVE&eleminated[TYPE]=STOCK&eleminated[YEAR]=66-79&eleminated[MODEL]=THUNDERBIRD&TRANSMISSION_MODEL=3-SPEED C-6 SHORTY TAILHOUSING
Even the nuts? They must have gone up quite a bit in price. That was around $2800 last time I looked.
I have seen them on cars with a lot more HP than I have and they hold up. The claim is that they hold up to over 1000HP, if I toss a blower on the rig i guess I could find out.
If you do take a video, if it comes unwound and the drive shaft goes through your bed tank it should be interesting viewing.
My drive shaft is properly restrained, but yes, breaking things just goes with the territory. Almost have space to get more work done on it. Would be nice to have it painted.
