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Cadillac & LaSalle Club Forums => Technical / Authenticity => Topic started by: 57 Eldo Seville on March 27, 2025, 03:38:54 PM

Title: Is This a LaSalle Transmission?
Post by: 57 Eldo Seville on March 27, 2025, 03:38:54 PM
Can anyone possibly identify this transmission?  I believe that it came out of an Allard but I don't have much information.

Thanks!

Dave Morris
Title: Re: Is This a LaSalle Transmission?
Post by: Jay Friedman on March 27, 2025, 04:55:32 PM
It looks like a Cadillac/LaSalle transmission that has been modified. 
Title: Re: Is This a LaSalle Transmission?
Post by: 57 Eldo Seville on March 31, 2025, 08:40:16 AM
I believe that it came out of a 1952 Allard J2X.
Title: Re: Is This a LaSalle Transmission?
Post by: Jay Friedman on March 31, 2025, 12:08:10 PM
It looks like they removed the Cadillac/LaSalle rear housing and shortened the transmission's rear shaft. Also, the bell housing as well as the clutch fork seem to have been modified, though I'm not sure. 

I guess that is what had to be done to install a Cadillac motor in an Allard.  As far as I can remember, some Allards use Cadillac 331 motors and some use Ford Flathead V8 motors.
Title: Re: Is This a LaSalle Transmission?
Post by: 57 Eldo Seville on April 04, 2025, 01:47:37 PM
Good information!  He owned two Cadillac powered Allards (J2X and K2) as well as a Chrysler Hemi powered K3.
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