Bill, you may recall this thread. I believe this goes along with alot of what has been said here. I doubted your word because I figured that since my dad had torn the car down he would have known what was in the car. I believed his word over yours for other reasons too, such as:
He is an ASE gold master mechanic, and has been workng on cars since he was my age (he will be able 57 this October)
He is my father.
I didn't know hardly anything about you at that point in time.
There are also many reasons I believe you are right
I later asked my mom what the car had in it transmission wise, (it;s her car anyways)and she said it was a 2-speed
He later told me it was a two speed (his memory isn't all that great)
I only asked because I didn't know what was in it, or if it would be possible to convert a 4 speed to an automatic. I could go prove once and for all who is right by going and finding the tranny, but that would involve completely tearing down our storage garage to find it. I hope that this explains why I was doubting your word on that particular subject.