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a top mechanic at a dealership (now a retired brigade LTC) told me in the early 80's the small-block 727 was designed as a car tranny and should not have been put in any of the trucks that would be doing real work, especially the full-time 4x4's. .. that was his opinion... But the 727 was also...

If you have a smooth floor and a tranny jack, or at least a large floor jack, you can safety-chain the tranny/xfer assembly to it, unhook the driveshafts, unbolt the bottom half of the rear-mount crossmember, and roll the entire thing back just enough to get at the TC and see if there is a PB...

just to be clear, it doesn't matter which 70's year the 318 is.. some of the ones mated to automatics had the PB holes, others don't .. It's a crapshoot... I think the same for the 360's as well, but I don't remember. I converted a 360/auto truck to std once, but I also had had that engine...

not really a big deal if you have everything on hand and ready .. There is only one thing that will stop you from doing this conversion, some 318's with automatics do not have a pilot bearing hole machined into the crank... I did one muscle car tranny conversion in the 1970s and three mopar...