Well , the car isn’t at my house . But I plan on trying to help the kid later this week . So the thing I’m thinking is there is different spacing on the crank . According to the auto parts store , the 65 uses the same starter , for manual or auto . I’m 69 there are two options , but the auto starter has the same part number as the one for the 65 . Which means they either changed the flywheel and ring gear location or changed the spacing on the crank where flywheel sits . Now I wish it was as easy as changing starters but the bellhousing is drilled for a 2 bolt starter , where as the auto starter for 69 & the starter for a 65 are 3 bolt . And if we are going through the trouble of locating a new bellhousing , might as well just wait till he’s done with his v8
This particular block seems to be drilled for both bolt patterns , everything from the motor plate back , has come off the 69 200 that had no clearance issues .
I did notice on rock auto , that there are 4 diff shim thicknesses for the flywheel . I’ll try to grab the pics later this week . Ty for replying , it’s helping us brainstorm