Oldsmaniac

Someone selling a 70 442 in bad condition and pictures this as the trans....

Greg Rogers

Is that a transfer case mount as in a older Chevy 4x4 with a Turbo 400?

CRUZN 66

That was my thought when I saw the photo...

Oldsmaniac

Not familiar but since you said it I would say yes.

joe_padavano

Heck, it's a Chevy trans. Look at the bellhousing.

cherokeepeople

and beings the modulator points to the back and it has a kickdown cable it is a turbo 350.

joe_padavano

The four bolt tailhousing pattern (as opposed to six) and square pan with the notched corner back up that observation.

Schurkey

Yup. Chevy-case TH350 intended for 4X4 transfer case.

zeeke

Not sure what it would look like but there was a company called Eagle Overdrive bake in the 90's that bolted on the back of the tail shaft. The other company that I know of is Gear Vendors. It looks to small to be any type of transfer case.

Schurkey

It's not a transfer case. It's the bigass cast-iron adapter that the transfer case bolts to.

Oldsmaniac

I missed the Chevy bolt pattern, from the side and a quick glance I was thinking BOPCad trans.

cherokeepeople

my 82 diesel suburban had a doug nash overdrive.doug nash was bought by gear vendors.

steverw

Thats not even close to the size of my Gear vendors, and looks nothing like that end of it.
Im voting transfer case.
Steve

joe_padavano

^^^THIS! It is simply the adapter that mates the transfer case to the trans. It is NOT an overdrive. It is NOT a transfer case. It is just an adapter casting. And yeah, I realize the ones in these photos are not exactly the same. There are about a bazillion different transfer case adapters, depending on the actual transfer case and application.

Koda

Joe is correct, really, the only difference between a 4x4 and a 4x2 trans is, if it's done right, the case itself. If you do the transfer case right, it's a direct bolt on, but sometimes you need an adapter.

Now, the legendary All Makes Combined AMC did use an overdrive that bolted on the same way the transfer case did, and they may have been the same transmission. A transfer case, after all, is only an engageable chain drive, and a gearing reduction.