Bendtsen's Speed Gems Transmission Adapters

speed gems transmission adapters started as businesses often do, to fill a void or a need in a market place. we evolved from a full service transmission shop. we grew to specialize in antique and obsolete transmissions. we started building engine to transmission adapters for two reasons. one is that it is getting extremely expensive to rebuild the original transmissions. not only are some of the parts getting scarce, but the knowledge level of the people available to rebuild these units competently is diminishing. transmissions had more internal changes back in the 50’s than they do today. to most people, four speed hydramatics appear to be the same from the outside, but many of the internal parts (mostly hydraulic control) were not interchangeable from year to year, or from model to model. hot rodding started as a very creative hobby. working with what one could afford at the time, cars were built with a lot of imagination. the trend to drop a small block chevy engine into hot rods