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Coupla picayune notes... there's no such thing as a '75 145. '74 was the last year. I did pull a J-type tranny from a '75 240, and it has the same small flange as the '67 D-type that came in my 1800, so that may not be so odd (except that it's a D-type).
M41s come in several lengths, so Shayne's shortened drive shaft may not be right for your car. Measure from the bellhousing to the flange on the M40 and M41, and then you'll know how much to shorten.
Here's some swapping we did a while back (and it's ongoing)...
I had the "How Not To" big-bore B18 in our Amazon, and the original B18B in the 1800. Cameron bought a '71 142E for parts, and a bunch of us spent a day dismantling it in his driveway. I got the B20E motor from that in exchange for helping, and in payment for my labor overhauling the M41 from the junker. Our friend Teague got all the D-jet stuff for a hot-rod motor he was building.
The B18B one day made bad noises and had metal shavings in the oil. Out it came, and in went the B20E with SU carbs.
Some time later, the Amazon came apart for restoration, with Shayne doing all the dismantling. I already had the MPPE planned, so I gave Shayne the How Not To motor in payment for his work. That ended up in his mom's 140.
After endless tinkering, Teague got tired of trying to tune the D-jet on his new motor. I had a vision of using the B20E with D-jet back on it in our Amazon when it came out of resto. I traded him the good SU system from the How Not To motor for it.
The MPPE finally came together and went into the 1800 with Weber DCOEs, and the B20E sat for a while. The '75 M41 J that had been in the Amazon went into the 1800.
What happened to the SU stuff that had been on the B18B, I have no idea anymore. I gave it away to someone, probably. Cameron got the manifold and dual downpipes.
The Webers on the MPPE turned out to have problems, so I replaced them with new 48 DCO/SPs.
By the time the Amazon was pretty much restored, I was too burnt out to want to play with a D-jet conversion to the car (or unconversion to the motor), and I came upon a good deal on a whole DCOE setup, so that's what went on there. This car got the M41 D that was originally in the 1800.
At this time I have a set of damaged DCOEs that might be just fine as throttle bodies, and I have a complete D-jet system in a crate. The B20E is just crying out for Megasquirt or SDS injection, methinks...
And yes, I did come across some fender mirrors recently. Unfortunately, you have to buy the car they're on to get them
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