That is great info and I appreciate you taking the time to feed it to me. I probably will not tackle it myself..but now I am armed with some knowledge. I did know that my tranny was swapped at one point. Now I know it is a 1969 muncie22 instead of the 70 that was original.
Bill, I will pm you if I decide to call your friend in Mustang OK.. It's probably about a 3 1/2 hr drive for me.

According to the info I found that would make since being a 69, plastic gear.

I've got his, his wife's, and home phone numbers so anytime is fine.
He also has a lift in his 6 bay attached to house garage and is building another shop out back.
Tom is an expert with Muncies.