Powerglide ID

[Willard M.]

What can tell me if a powerglide is for a 53-54 Corvette? What is different that would mean its from a Corvette and not just a passenger car? Currently its hooked up to a six with numbers 3835499 E232. Sounds to me like May 23, 1952-am I correct?I haven't seen the block, but no suffix letters seem to be present.

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[Mike M.]

Re: Powerglide ID

a 50 to 54 chevy pass car PG will have a tailhousing to accept a torque tube rear end. the 53 and up Corvette powerglides were open rear end/ open drive shafts and hence the vette tailhousing will accept a slip yolk which would in turn accept a conventional open drive shaft u_joint. also the 56 up vette trailhousing will have provision to mount a shifter on the tailhousing. mike

[Roy B.]

Re: Powerglide ID

The Corvette out put shaft is shorter ( car out put shaft won't work in a Corvette) and the Corvette has a open drive shaft. Also the shifter linkage indicator L/S is different for the safty switch ( has a hole for the rod)those are the easy way to tell.

[Bernard M.]

Re: Powerglide ID

Mike, I'm not familiar with very early Corvette Powerglide applications. I knew that 53-54 shifters mounted to the body and not to the transmission, but was not sure if the 55 was the same. I take it from your post that the tailshaft of a 55 Powerglide would NOT have shifter mounting bosses, and the shifter would mount to the body like a 53-54. I ask because I have given information regarding the availability of a Corvette Powerglide tailshaft to someone. The transmission is asserted to be a 55, but has mounting bosses on the tailshaft housing. I don't want to misdirect someone who is trying to get his car together right.

[Roy B.]

Re: Powerglide ID

The 55 had NO mounting boss on the tail housing, the shifter was mounted on the body tunnel as was 53 to 54.

[Chris S.]

Re: Powerglide ID

what are the correct part numbers and id's for 54 transmissions ?