1960 Cast Iron Powerglide Info.

[Jason Upshaw]

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone know of a source to find a cast iron powerglide case for my 2X4 1960, which was built around the second week of April, 1960? The car currently has an aluminum powerglide with no neutral safety switch and jury-rigged linkage, and I am trying to make it right. Any help is much appreciated. Jason

[John M.]

Re: 1960 Cast Iron Powerglide Info.

Jason, Your best bet would probably to look through the Driveline. I have seen several people advertizing Powerglides there in the past few issues, You might even try placing a parts wanted ad. The passenger car and Corvette transmissinos differed only in the tail shaft, so In reality you are only looking for a tailshaft off any pre-62 car. If memory serves me right, there were no differences in the transmissions between 55 and 61. Finding a passenger car cast iron transmission should be a fairly easy job and not too expensive. You might also try a company called Fatsco transmission, they probably won't have the transmission, but they might give you a lead on where to find one.

[Dave Christensen]

Re: 1960 Cast Iron Powerglide Info.

This one was on ebay and did not sell.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1841106001

You can try contacting him and see if he still has it. The shift pattern a a 56/57 is going to be different that for a 60. I don't know how hard it will be to change. The tailshaft is going to be harder to find than the transmission. You need a corvette tailshaft to hold the shifter.

Dave Christensen

[ROB DAME MEM# 36211]

Re: 1960 Cast Iron Powerglide Info.

Grossmueller's has a lot of solid axle parts in Vettevues
www.gccorvettes.com