I have found a good FMX for my conversion in my 55 tbird.  One of the "ears" is broken on the front pump in my ford omatic so that is a problem in swaping the pumps.  The FMX I have found has a fresh converter with it.  I got a copy of the Sept 99 article on the Y Notta a Y Block about the tranny swap.  At the very least if I can solve the front pump issue I would want to have my current  ford o matic torque converter rebuilt to make sure its up to par so I don't have to tear the car apart.  Other option would be to do like the article suggested and not swap out the pump but have the FMX torque converter rebuilt to hook up with the Y block. 

Thoughts on best way to proceed?