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rotorwrench · 07-28-2016, 05:35 PM

He could use the late 1951 Mercury bell housing for that. It has a direct bolt up for the later 51 & up Borg Warner pattern and it has a rotating clutch release mechanism that could easily be made to work in an early Ford. I also always liked the fact that it has a little removable dust cover pan so a person can look at the clutch. Put a Borg & Beck clutch on and go to town. Those late 51 Merc bell housing are a one year only deal so I don't see them on the flea-pay very much and even then they are usually missing the dust cover pan. They also used a different throw out bearing but I've seen those offered for sale at several vendors sites.

07-28-2016, 05:35 PM	#10
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 17,409	Re: trans up date to over drive He could use the late 1951 Mercury bell housing for that. It has a direct bolt up for the later 51 & up Borg Warner pattern and it has a rotating clutch release mechanism that could easily be made to work in an early Ford. I also always liked the fact that it has a little removable dust cover pan so a person can look at the clutch. Put a Borg & Beck clutch on and go to town. Those late 51 Merc bell housing are a one year only deal so I don't see them on the flea-pay very much and even then they are usually missing the dust cover pan. They also used a different throw out bearing but I've seen those offered for sale at several vendors sites.