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Many years ago, we made hillbilly cosmoline or the original zebart. We dissolved tar in kerosene and used a garden sprayer to apply it. Used on a 60-ford falcon that was on the road for 40 years. Stinks for about 6 months but no rust.
If we could discount the short truck output, I'd start with-it, heavy-duty parts. As dvw has said the 71 can be easily made to live with some big torque, the real killer of transmissions. Both probably have part throttle kickdown.
This 76-77 transmission is supposed to have the late spline output, but I have found that same transmission to have the early output and pinion set. Remember the age of these and suspect that they may have been altered. Never assume that the part number indicates what is inside.
I've always hade good results with tirerack.com
They will ship to a local installer or your home. The installer has to agree to a set price to mount and balance.
After 59 years of doing 727s I have found that F was developed for Furd transmissions and works for the Furd because it has a friction modifier and that helped Furd to combat clutch slippage. F is a bit short on lubrication properties. Any type A will work just fine and has the better lube...
I think that "standing" cranks has been debunked. But is still a good idea. I have 18 or, so, early Hemi cranks stored that way, only because it requires less floor space.
I have used this, Birchwood-Casey-Barricade-Protection- I know that it is advertised for firearms. You are in the sticky south and this was developed for gater hunters in Mississippi.It lasts a long time and spray- on is a pluss. For looong time storage nothing beats cosmoline or grease.
I'm not speaking of the ball and trunnion flange but a bolt on cross joint for the Imperial cars. I have one and was disheartened to learn that it was not the slip yoke. I feel your pain in looking for a "65 slipper". Imperials were absolutely different. They had a two-piece driveshaft.
Why would you change to a more complicated system? You have a much-improved shifting mechanism as is. A 71 up transmission is the answer. Imperials used a goofy output shaft arrangement, with a bolt on yoke, not the slip yoke. I'm not exactly sure of the 65 Imperial but I know that a 64 had this...
The factory radiator cooler is all that is required. I drove a kickass car that way for years, street racing for money, high stall convertor. According to your description, you need nothing else.
So, it appears to be a 904, correct? A better picture might get better results. It looks like an anchor pin for the throttle pressure linkage, commonly called kickdown linkage. Or so I think.