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I had forgotten to hit "upload"........ let's see if it works now. Son of a gun.......it worked!

Well, the picture thing did not work for me......let me work on that some more.

Here is a picture of my wife's aunt taken in the late 20s or early 30s standing by a Ford which probably belonged to her husband. Her husband and all 3 of her brothers were Ford mechanics most all of their lives beginning in the 30s. They all like to "dress up" their cars.....note the light...

Thanks guys, It's getting late....I'll try tomorrow.

How can I post a picture that is on my computer in "My Pictures"?

So.....the '42-'48 Fords had 16" and the Mercs had 15"? It's been a long time and I kinda forgot! I have a pair of '50 Lincoln wheels (15" X 6") and they don't have the slots. They don't have the nubs either so I guess they only used full disc caps on the Lincolns?

Ashoe, Is the O.D. ****** original to the car? From what I understand, the tailshafts (at least on the HD T-85 trannys) used in the T-Birds were unique and quite sought after. If the O.D. is mechanically sound, then you have only to fix the "lockout" to have basically a straight 3 speed...

Falcon, Fairlane, Ford?

They look like your run of the mill 3 speeds from about '55 or '56 to '62 when they came out with the fully synchronized trannys. The best part about these trannys is that they have a larger countershaft than the earlier '49 to '53 or '54 trannys. Pardon my being a bit vague as I'm not exactly...

What a nice car to have! My wife and I were married in '61. Her Uncle, a longtime Ford mechanic let us take his '56 Club Sedan on our honeymoon. It was coral and black with a 312 and AT. It was in absolute mint condition and just beautiful. I think I have some pics of that car around somewhere!

I have a T-85 O.D. ****** out of a '58 big block Ford. I would sell it. However, I remember talking overdrives with a guy who had a '56 T-Bird and he told me the tailshafts on the T-bird T-85s are different where the governor and the solenoid mount to give more clearance because of the lowness...

How much wider can the '55/'56 rear be? I hear that it is common to use the '57/'59 Ford 9" rear in everything back to '49. Just curious. I do have a '55 Merc rear that has been outside for years but the centersection has been covered. Incidently, a friend of mine had a '56 Crown Vic with stick...

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Here is a comparison of the typical '49 to '54 Ford ****** with the R-10 OD to the much heavier T-85 and R-11 OD. The T-86 was a top loader ****** with basically the same R-10 OD unit mated to it and was used as the base overdrive transmission from '55 to '66 ('72 in trucks) altho the entire...

I successfully mated a '49 R-10 OD unit to the back of a '56 Ford side-loader 3 speed because it had a large countershaft and I preferred it to the early T-86 ******. A couple of things I ran into on the smaller ****** which may or not be an issue with the Non-OD T-85. I had to devise a trough...