So what was the thought behind this design?

Im ready to drop the Tranny on my Fury wagon. Whose brilliant idea was it to put the oil filter in front of one of the bolts I have to remove to drop the tranny.As youve guessed this is a Small block powered vehicle.

Not that big of a deal,but wonder where this design came from and why was it done this way? What were they thinking,or was this a pure accident?

Try to drop the trans in a '73-up B-body without unwinding the torsion bars and you'll appreciate that filter. DAMHIK!!

Or, have you every tried to take off a big block water pump housing? Who ever thought puttung a bolt behind a heater hose nipple was a good idea needs to be smacked upside the head.

It was designed that way to make people ask more stupid questions.

Dad had a '66 Ambassador, you had to cut a hole in the floor to get to the starter bolts, and a '76 boneville, that the FSM said to either remover the inner fender or cut hole in it to RR the blower motor.