You ain’t kidding😬. I guess all I can hope for is to be able to work with the original engine and try to get it running right. I really want to retain the push button functionality of the transmission.
Imperial Services makes a kit to use your pushbutton shifter with a newer trans. At the bottom:
http://www.imperialservices.net/Cparts.html I have a friend who bought one of Imperial kits for using a GM250 O.D. tranny behind his M.W. 1963 plymouth, it wouldn't work so he sent it back to them.
He waited a long time after ordering it and to get it and then it wouldn't work
They don't even list a kit for a GM trans. It's not claimed to be universal.
According to him they sold him the kit saying it would work and it took forever to get. I wonder if they were developing it after he made his order.
He ended up getting another brand that does work
My message is be careful when dealing with them
