Question regarding fordomatic transmissions: I have a '55 steeltop Crown in which the present motor is on its last legs. I also have another motor (a 292 bored to 297) which is being “refurbished” to replace the present motor. The replacement was purportedly from a truck, and has the transmission with the truck bellhousing motor mounts.

Transmission is a model PAT-7003-B2 with a serial number prefix of 54, on a bright-green tag. It has a plain steel torque converter with a seperate heat exchanger on the transmission.

The closest I can come to identifying it is from a Crown Victoria Association passenger car listing showing a PAT-7003-A2 as for a F-100 truck.

What, if any, compatibility issues might there be in trying to use this transmission in my Crown (with my passenger-car bellhousing)?

Can I use the air-cooled aluminum torque conveter with this transmission; are the input & converter input splines the same; what about shift points, internal hydraulic control pressures and adjustments, etc?

Thanks for any comments & suggestions which you may have.  Oh, and , please, no attachments or photo's: I'm on awfully slow & unreliable dial-up, which takes "forever", even for plain text.

Regards, JLB