hi all just joined your site i have a 1984 cutlass calais and just bought a 1968 cutlass with a 425 and a 3 on the tree YES I SAID A 3 ON THE TREE some say this is rare is it any info would be great thyanks

 

i have never seen one with 3 on the tree and i have seen 100s of them. i would think it is rare. the 425 engine would not be original, i think it would have come with a 350 or 6 cylinder. welcome to CO and there will be someone with more info soon.

 

Very interesting, We would love to see pictures of the car. Post the vin numbers and one of the guys on site who has the books will tell you what was original to the car. Sounds like a fun driver

Pat

 

yes the motor is no factory but i did get the factory #s matching 350 with it

 

Three-on-the-tree was the std transmission for all '68 A-body models except the 442.

 

Welcome to our site!!

 

Welcome to the site! Yes, a couple years ago I almost bought a 1968 F85 with a 6 cylinder engine and three on the tree. If you wern't concerned with staying original you have lots of parts there you could use to install a 4 speed on the floor. I have never seen a 425 engine with a manual transmission. The person who installed it must have modified the crank to use the manual transmission input shaft. Are you sure it's a 425? John

 

Sounds like a nice car. The 65/66( maybe even 67s) b-bodies had the 425 and could be gotten with a 3 or 4 speed. Rare and desirable,but they're out there.

 

Well, you have now if you look at the pics I attached!

'65-'67 B-bodies (the big cars, except 98s and Toros) came standard with the 3-spd column shifts. '65 and '66 had 4-speeds available.

 

Nice car Kurt! That's the pleasure of this site, I learn more details about our cars on a regular basis