Recent content by Fabulous50s

I have a 59 Galaxie with a 352. I know some things have been changed over the years as it has a later (wide) bolt pattern bell housing and a 69 Toploader 3 speed. I am putting a 4 speed in it and have everything out. It has the early 153 tooth flywheel, but has the later starter. I question...

I've got a 3 speed toploader from a '69 Galaxie in my '59. The trans is 27.5" long, has a 28 spline output, and 10 spline 1-1/16" input. Has both narrow and wide bolt pattern. I believe you would just need to get a new clutch to be 10 spline. It may be up for sale....as I'm putting in a 4...

Wow! I want some pictures, this is an ambitious but worthwhile project.

Color codes for the gears are available. You just need to make sure the cable is spinning the correct direction and is 1,000? revelations/mile.

Ummmmmm......I'll give you $1,000 dollars for it.... if it runs and drives. :)

No, it depends on if the speedo gear is over or under the drive head on the main shaft. Mine was originally over the shaft 6 tooth. Now it will be under, so a reverse thread but still 6 tooth.

Now I have 3 toploaders completely disassembled and will use the best parts from the 3. Rebuild kit should be here this week.

Well discovered that there really is no such thing as main shaft interchange. Different bearing diameters and thicknesses. The truck versions have larger bearings, but are thinner. So the plan is to use my Granada transmission and a van tail housing to put the speedo drive on the driver's...

Thank you for the VanPelt link. Replied to my email and answered the phone! We are working on seeing if what I need was ever even made. I should just give up and make it a 5 speed floor shift.....

I too like the '54 better.

I graphed 3 different transmissions to get a visual of the gap between gears. I think the ratios for the "car unit" are quite acceptable.

Everything will bolt up and work other than the short output and the speedo cable on the wrong side. Both of these can be corrected by either getting a longer output shaft and being able to use my existing driveshaft and existing long tailpiece (from my 3 speed toploader I had in it). Or i can...

Yes, the case has a slight bulge for the O/D counter gear. But I'm saying it's essentially a 4 speed that was converted to a 3+O/D. The counter shaft and syncros are all the same part as a 4 speed.

I've called and emailed David Kee, and Dan Williams. Neither of them answers the phone or replies to any emails. A little frustrating. I was looking at the Borg Warner with R11 O/D but they are going for crazy money over $1000 for all the ones I could find. The Toploader I have is a T170F...

Here is my '59 for interest.