turning tail shifter into a sidewinder: sources for bushings?, Have I been mislead? Options

[Calwaterbear]

Ok guys, have a 72, with the tailshifter. so I salvaged everything from a junked 74 - from the shifter to the transmission.

so first - i have been told that you just need to change the linkages, but in reading on the Pelican, they indicate you would need the newer transmission as well - IE no conversion, it is a replacement - trans and shifter. Can anyone confirm that?

my hope/plan is to leave the current trans in the 72, and turn it into a sidewinder. so took all the shift rods etc, wire wheeled em, hit em with primer and an enamel for longevity and rust protection. So I guess next step is to replace all the bushings, Right?

so anyone have a favorite supplier? does 914 rubber carry em? I assume pelican does.

I'm hoping they come as a kit!

somebodty needs to lie to me and tell me this is a simple straightforward conversion, slap it back in, 2 hours tops!

[Dave_Darling]

Note that there are bits inside the transmission that you need to change over if you are going to turn a tail-shift transmission into a side-shifter. That is why it is easier to just swap the whole thing in; the most convenient way to get the shift rails and such from the later transmission is with a whole transmission.

I haven't seen any mention yet of the rubber mounts that go between the brackets on the motor and the mount bar. You need those; they are different from the early-style mounts. And those early mounts on the outboard end get replaced by the "engine bar to body mount" you can see in the last photo above.

--DD