I bought this engine/transmission sight unseen, and the pictures below are all I have until it arrives, so I apologize for that. It is supposedly a '57 272 out of a pickup, but until I get it here and run the numbers it's just a gamble. The absence of a clutch slave cylinder (like my '60 F-100 had originally) and the fuel pump with vaccuum ports (like my T-bird) are both interesting items. The plan (for now at least) is to keep the long block & bell housing/clutch ass'y, and add a T5 for an upcoming project, and as a home for the extra parts I pulled off the T-bird (3x2 intake, manifolds, valve covers, etc.)...and sell everything else...

My question is this. The tranny is a 3-speed overdrive, but from what I see, the spline on the input shaft is not typical to the other Y-block tranny's I've seen, and the seller confirmed the splines were different from those in the clutch ass'y. How do I determine the origins of this? It's supposed to be a T85, but we'll see. It spins and shifts freely from what seller said. I plan to sell the tranny to recoup some of my purchase price, anyone care to give me a ball park price range to start at?

Thanks for the help...and here are the pictures:

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial