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66 Grand Parisienne conversion parts


Crazy how cheap this is, extreme waste of money to have an automatic.

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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC.
1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada

Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic



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DonSSDD wrote:

Crazy how cheap this is, extreme waste of money to have an automatic.


 LOL yup, just another reason to not have one!



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1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars



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DonSSDD wrote:

Crazy how cheap this is, extreme waste of money to have an automatic.


 M20 Muncie

Muncie Shifter and rods

peddles

Bell Housing

Clutch fork

Z bar

Fly Wheel

clutch and pressure plate

floor hump

console

Good thing I can sell the power glide to recover all the costs



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Scrap prices must be much higher there than here if you are able to do that!

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is the 11 inch power brake booster the correct size?



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Spindle to backing plate gaskets showed up today



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You planning on doing a couple cars? Only 2 gaskets needed / car.

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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

is the 11 inch power brake booster the correct size?


 I don't think the 11" showed up till 67.

9" ?



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seventy2plus2 wrote:

You planning on doing a couple cars? Only 2 gaskets needed / car.


 Yes also gona do my 67 Caprice so I need 2 complete sets 



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cdnpont wrote:
70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

is the 11 inch power brake booster the correct size?


 I don't think the 11" showed up till 67.

9" ?


 What size did you put on your car Mark?



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11" Delco Moraine. I happened to have one.

Some Firewall and brake support hole mods are req. May not clear unless the BB valve cover is of the notched design.



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I think the 9" Delco Moraine or Bendix could be correct for 65-66 Big car regardless of engine.

Experts will chime in on that one. 



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cdnpont wrote:

I think the 9" Delco Moraine or Bendix could be correct for 65-66 Big car regardless of engine.

Experts will chime in on that one. 


 i will just do the 9" then. sounds like it will safe a lot of hassle 



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You'll be fine with the 9" and the single piston calipers. 

Use no larger than a 1" bore master.



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Clutch kit and fly wheel showed up real fast from Rock auto

 



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Install a Roller bearing pilot bushing and the BEST quality throwout bearing. Don't use synthetic fluid in the Muncie, it will leak. They weren't built for that tight a tolerance for synthetic.
Check when installing the shifter arms, if they are like a Corvette, they were reversible, flipped 180* they would shorten the throw up by close to half...little known fact.

Do you have part #s for the brake shields? Are they from a 67?


Hope this helps

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The shields are for a single puck calliper set up 69-70 only.



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Install a Roller bearing pilot bushing and the BEST quality throwout bearing.


 Kevin, if you already have the engine, or I should say specifically the crankshaft you are going to use, remember this bit of info regarding the ID of the crank-

https://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t65108500/pilot-bushing-when-converting-from-automatic-to-manual-trans/



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LT1Caddy wrote:


Install a Roller bearing pilot bushing and the BEST quality throwout bearing. 


The pilot pushing issue was debated here a couple years ago, and the general consensus was to avoid a roller bearing bushing.  Also, many of the pilot bushings are steel, whereas back in the day they were bronze.    Do yourself a favor and check the pilot bushing from the clutch kit with a magnet.   If it's magnetic it's steel, and you should replace with a bronze one.   If not magnetic, you're good to go.



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The consensus was to use this Bushing,

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=221649&cc=1322222&jsn=616

Can be National or Pioneer PB 656 HD

Interesting info on Oilite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilite



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So I gave the body guy the original hump and the repop one. He did a great job, its pretty close



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Can I ask what it cost? There's a market for those if it's even close to reasonable.

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4SPEED427 wrote:

Can I ask what it cost? There's a market for those if it's even close to reasonable.


 $ 0



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i have helped him out with hard to find parts so he would not take any money



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Nice! That man saved you some money.

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