Most of parts that come off Big Red end up on one of RJ’s shelves at Dave’s shop. The cool, old parts are set aside to be displayed in the future Big Red museum. The other parts wait to be repurposed, like two of the three driveshafts that are going to Ed Moore Drivelines in San Bernadino, California, to get re-tubed. The note on the shaft says “5/8-inch longer” because they are from the old Jerico four-speed transmission, and they are 5/8-inch too short to use with the G-Force transmission.

Of the two driveshafts, it’s easy to tell which is going into service while the one waits as a backup. The shaft that’s going into service has the magnetic pickup ring on the driveshaft yoke. It’s used for picking up the rpm of the driveshaft for the Holley EFI system. If the shaft is ever swapped out, the ring will be moved to the new shaft. Of the four driveshafts on the box, the 4L80E automatic transmission driveshafts are three inches shorter than the two for the G-Force four-speed manual transmission. All four are 3 1/2-inch diameter with solid U-joints and Mark Williams Billet yokes. The under-car photo shows the front driveshaft safety loop mounted to the floorpan. What you don’t see is the structural members inside the car, which anchor the safety loop crossmember. Also note that the suspension is at full droop, which pulls the driveshaft close to the side of the rear crossmember