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Thanks anyway.

Both of you are a little out of the area I normally travel. Are either of you willing to ship (at my expense, of course)? It may be less expensive to have it transported to Maryland, residential zip 21555. Let me know and we'll finalize details. Fasttrack, is yours air-cooled as well? My...

Sorry, forgot to mention, my engine is a 292. It's original to the car.

I'm looking for a '56 Ford-o-matic transmission. Mine has given out, no one local that knows anything about it. Tried rebuilding myself, tired of pulling it out, putting it in only to not work. Surely someone must have one that they changed to a different transmission some time ago. Get it out...

I drove some of 301 in GA and SC not long ago (just outside Stateboro, GA to Allendale, SC). Light traffic and maintained pretty well, not a lot of bumps/potholes. Watch out for the small town cops!

Also the fender pad.

Still have the taillight bracket? If so, I'm definitely interested. Thanks!

The impeller hub was the same depth as the original.

Tom, If you figure this out, I'd love to see pictures. I have a 3 window that was a trunk but my dad converted to rumble. He used the metal lid. What you are talking about seems interesting. I might like to try that too. Trunk space would be awesome when using it for an overnight or weekend...

Sigh. After working on trying to rebuild my fordomatic, I am about to admit defeat. I went through the transmission, admittedly it was my first. I followed the shop manual and replaced every thrust washer, the front pump and impeller hub because they were damaged. I put it back in, refilled...

Dominic, your pictures just showed me what I'm missing. I missed lining up the pin on the inside lever with the valve body. Sometimes, it's the most obvious things... Thanks for the replies and the help! Hopefully, this weekend I'll get her fixed for good!

Thanks for the reply. All of that is there, the linkage is complete, it just doesn't move anything inside the transmission. I guess a better question would be what causes the transmission to engage when the linkage is moved? The linkage inside does not move anything other than the locking pawl...

I have completely rebuilt my fordomatic, but unfortunately I can't figure out the linkage. The outside part turns the inside part, but the inner part does not touch anything inside. Once the locking pawl releases, the linkage doesn't move anything at all inside the transmission. Does anyone have...

My old man was a Ford guy. He had a collection at one time that contained 13 Fords and 2 'off-breeds' (as he called them). They were a '55 Caddy convertible and a '67 Caddy convertible. Now, before anyone thinks we were rich, the '55 was rough and didn't run. The '67 was in good shape, but he...

Thanks a million! I have a decent half of the thing left . I can try to measure that side of it and maybe sketch of what I think the other side looked like. I'll call tomorrow!!