[blucar]

I'm sorry, but, converting an EFV8 to any kind of a transmission other that a style similar to the original trans seems to me to be a big waste of time and money to accomplish nothing.
If I was going to do a trans conversion on my '36 from the column shift and '48 Columbia it has had for over 60 years I would convert it to a C-4 automatic. A friend of mine did the C-4 conversion to his '36 sedan so his wife could drive it.

I converted my '39 conv to a SBC and a 700R4 trans, converted my '37 GMC from an Olds 230 CID flathead to a '68 292 6 cyln with a 2004R trans. Both conversions work great, made the vehicles very user friendly.