[central_va]

Ladies and gentlemen the Holy Grail of Manual Transmissions, The Muncie M22 Rock Crusher:

[Paladin2]

If a m,anual trans won’t bolt up to a Transfer Case, is it of any real value?

[Charles Martel]

Ladies and gentlemen the Holy Grail of Manual Transmissions, The Muncie M22 Rock Crusher:

My cousin had one of those in a Buick Skylark GS 455. Dang thing whined like a wife on a small shoe budget.

It's toughness is legendary, though. However, the Ford Toploader has the most rigid case design, which is why Jericho racing transmissions are taken from that design. A big-block Toploader is probably every bit as tough as a Rockcrusher.

The best part about those transmissions is the fact that you'd have to do something spectacularly stupid to really hurt either of them. Modern aluminum-case manuals abound, but I wince at the thought of power-shifting them like I did those old beasts of the Big 3.

[China Clipper]

Wow! And with a Hurst Four speed shifter too.

I LOVED that tranny, and I loved the car I installed it in; a 1957 Chevy Bel Air Sport Coup.

Now THAT was a nice car. Wish I still had it. I learned a LOT from that car.

Don't forget the 12 bolt rear end either.