Yes ....that c beam is all new to me.
I have been doing more research and it seems that a guy needs to replace the tail housing
with a housing from a 1982 s10 trans. It is a bolt on and has the crossmember mount.
From what I have been gathering, the output shaft will be flush with the replacement housing.
I must have a new driveshaft made anyway, so that would eliminate shortening the old shaft.
The hard part is finding a tail housing from 1982. Sure there are aftermarket pieces...
but they are at a cost of around $300.
Add that to the cost of this trans and we are soon approaching the point of ..."Is it worth the hassle".
I need to take another look at this trans to see what spline count it has. If it's a 27 count I may just have to pass on it.