cast steel bellhousing id

[79izfine]

just bought a muncie and came with this bell the seller told me its for a 55 etc chevy it has been modified for a hydrolic slave cylinder and looks like they welded flat stock on the bottom sides thinking of selling and need to know what cars it could be used on thanks

 

[barnym17]

Very well could be 55-57 those appear to be the ears for the bell mounted engine mounts.The steel bell was also used in trucks thru the 60's I beleive.The nice thing about them is the starter mounts to the bell so if ya have a block with broken starter ears these can be a life saver.

 

[79izfine]

thanks for the info i had some others on other sites say the same 55-57 nice to know about the starter ,,, what a heavy piece

 

[TURNA]

pre 57

1 mount hole on each side means it is from a truck, 2 holes means car

Sold a car one on ebay for big bucks!!

55-56 ball stud installs from the inside 57 installs from the outside

What are the numbers on it?

 

[79izfine]

cant make out numbers yet have to clean it up but looks like its the 57 up i would like to sell it but really need to know what its worth so i dont short myself thanks

 

[TURNA]

truck housings are cheap

car housing are the ones that sell

Now that i look at it again, it looks more like an aftermarket bell modeled after the 57

Especaily since there is an RC casted into it.

RC was an aftermarket bellhousing and scatter shield company back in the day.

Here you can see the differences between yours and a factory peice

You may or may not be missing a peice as well

 

[79izfine]

before i did posts i searched e-bay and did notice the difference in the area where the trans mount area ,,, i do not have the lower section now i wonder if this will end up as a paper wieght

 

[TURNA]

more like a boat anchor since the guy drilled and welded crap on it

But none the less a nice peice for someone doing a rat rod or an old resto

I would not trash it

 

[79izfine]

the only thing i see welded on were the ears on sides the bolted on a bracket to the housing for a slave cylinder thinking the ears might be the way it was from the start seeing its aftermarket

 

[TURNA]

Clean her up good

spray it up

and off to ebay

dont forget the word ***RARE*** in the title!!!!!

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