1963- 1964 Bellhousing Identification
We have put together a collection of photographs and descriptions to help you identify parts for your Pontiac. You can click the thumbnail image next to each description to see an enlarged view.
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1963 – 1964 Pontiac full sized Bellhousing. Part# 9770091 |
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Inspection plate for 1963 – 1964 full sized Pontiac bellhousing. |
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Inside view. Note starter mounts into bellhousing with two bolts. The unit is cast iron. Aluminum bellhousings were not used on 1964 Pontiacs other than the Tempsest-Lemans-GTO line. |
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Beware of morons that read poor quality books. Some idiot out there wrote a GTO book that says a 1964 GTO bellhousing is the same as big Pontiacs. This is not true. Above is a 64 GTO bellhousing GM Part #9773320. It has no provisions for a back bolt starter. All big car engines built for 1964 and older full sized Pontiacs were not drilled for an “up-bolt” starter and had to use the bellhousing to mount the starter. Thus the reason for a cast iron bellhousing. Imagine a starter bolted to this filmsy aluminum bellhousing. I got tricked by a fellow eBayer and now have one of these hanging in my shop to remind me that this was complete crap. |