So if I'm reading this right, I can use the transmission out of a '72 280 in my '71 250, right?

I just lost third and fourth gears in my '71, and we have that '72 in the yard where I work. I can get the transmission for under a hundred bucks, so assuming it works, it should be the cheapest way to get my '71 road-worthy again.

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