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mr48chev · 10-28-2021, 05:13 PM

The hydromantic really isn't a great option unless you are seriously bent on restoring a truck to stone stock. Reasons being that the parts are hard to find and now quite expensive plus finding someone who actually knows what they are doing on one is getting quite hard and again quite expensive.

For me having more comfortable driving by installing an automatic also means having an automatic that I can get serviced at any legit dealer or service shop and can get serviced,repaired or replaced on a road trip in a reasonable amount of time if needs be. That means Turbo 350, 400 or one of the overdrives that are now common.

10-28-2021, 05:13 PM	#12
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,388	Re: automatic in a 58 apache The hydromantic really isn't a great option unless you are seriously bent on restoring a truck to stone stock. Reasons being that the parts are hard to find and now quite expensive plus finding someone who actually knows what they are doing on one is getting quite hard and again quite expensive. For me having more comfortable driving by installing an automatic also means having an automatic that I can get serviced at any legit dealer or service shop and can get serviced,repaired or replaced on a road trip in a reasonable amount of time if needs be. That means Turbo 350, 400 or one of the overdrives that are now common. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.