How much would it cost to put a Chevy 350 transmission and 350 Chevy engine in a 1963 Impala including labor?

On a scale of 1-10 a 283 to 350 motor swap is maybe a 3. Actually for someone that doesn't have much mechanical experience in my opinion this would be the best swap for a novice to attempt. I've done many similar engine swaps by myself. Remove the radiator, disconnect the electrical connections (aren't that many). Disconnect the fuel line at the carb, unbolt the exhaust manifolds, remove the 6 transmission-engine bolts, the two motor mount bolts, support the transmission, attach some short lengths of chain to the engine using the intake manifold bolts at opposing sides of the motor, and use a cherry picker to remove it. Take maybe two hours or less to remove it. If you want to remove the transmission at the same time as the motor then leave the six bolts that attach the engine and transmission together. Just remove the driveshaft for the rear of the tranny, unhook the linkage, the radiator coolant lines for the tranny fluid if it has any (could be an air cooled powerglide), unbolt the transmission bolts at the transmission support crossmember and pull the engine and tranny together.

Your transmission will bolt right up to the 350. You can reuse the starter flywheel and converter. Just unbolt the 6 bolts that bring the engine and trans together and the 2 bolts that hold it to the frame and you can pull it out.....For a novice mark all you wires on where they go. Just a motor swap at a shop in WI is about 500-600 bucks at a Ma n' Pa shop if your just swapping a engine. Really if your looking for a better running engine just get a replacement long block around 1500 bucks and have them bolt your intake on and all the other parts you might need. It wont be a rocket but will you will notice more power even with a tame 350. If your rebuilding it for performance then it all depends on how much HP your going for.

The mounts need to be replaced - the old mounts aren't any good. The trans crossmember may need to be relocated, but dimensionally the two cases are the same, meaning the driveshaft shouldn't need changing. The shifter can be made to work on the impy, but I've only heard this - I've never seen the transplant to verify it. If you're talking about the mechanic providing the engine/trans and doing the surgery, I'd agree with that 4000 dollar amount, give or take for some possible replacement parts along the way. You should be able to source a solid engine/trans out of a donor car and swap it in for a little less (I just junked a Camaro with a prepped 350/TH350 that ran beautifully for 200 bucks! I can tell you there's cars just like that out there in junkyards all over the place).

Let me 1st point out. If this is not your daily driver and you have another car to drive, you may want to do the swap yourself. Very few tools are needed Common wrench and socket set, screwdrivers, vise grips, etc, 3/8" to 1/2" drive adapter, 18" long 1/2" drive breaker bar, some 3/8" extensions and a cherry picker.. You can get good deals on cherry picker (engine/shop hoist/crane) and harbor freight, also good deals on jacks, stands, and other hand tools. All in all maybe $400 MAX in tools needed and thats counting the cherry picker The swap is pretty easy to do. But now on to your question Skilled labor aint cheap. $55-125 an hour , avg is around 75-85 bucks and a job like this would be around a 10 hour min. with max being up to 20 hours depending on what all needs to be done So $800 to $1600 avg just for the labor. Do you have parts, engine, etc? A good chevy 350 crate engine will run $1500-2000 plus shipping and thats just a long block. Still needs intake, carb, dizzy, etc. Good intake and carb is $375-400 As mentioned the '63 engine mounts are junk and needs to be swapped for the 73 and later clamshell mounts ($50) You want to stay with points ign. system or go to HEI.. HEI dizzy is $100 What trans you have now. Its a powerglide I know, but they had long tail and short tail. Being an Impala I would think longshaft. The powerglide measures 27-1/2" overall, and 20-1/2" face to mount for long tail Short tail measures 24-1/4" overall and 19-1/2" face to mount What th-350 you going with? The short tail 350 is 27-5/8" overall and 20-3/8" face to mount Long tail is 30-5/8" overall and 20-3/8" face to mount If you have a long tail glide and go to a short tail th-350 your stock driveshaft can be reused and the mount hole on crossmember drilled out and use a large grade 8 washer Next is the shop or you suppling the trans. Th-350 runs around $500-900 The stock coulmn shifter and linkage is going to be a major hassle and pain. I have never converted a 2 speed to 3 speed coulmn shifter and know of no kits to do this with. The only way thats going to work is if cloumn is swapped out with one that had 3 speed auto or if its hooked up and you loose man. controll of low 1 gear. P, R, N, D, 1 is your shifter/trans now. You can install the th-350 and hook it up to P, R, N is all the same, D will be std drive, but your 1 will become 2 and no way to shift into 1 yourself. All the ones I done was floor shifters and we used an aftermarket shifter or a shift works conversion kit at almost $300 I just looked at shift works and it does look like they have a new coulmn shift conversion http://www.shiftworks.com/kugel.htm $4,000 sounds about right if shop is suppling the engine and transmission. In fact it's a tad on the low side