V8 Transmission adaptation

funny, always thought the "singing" of the transmission was a major part of the enjoyment of an A.
 
what Purdy said x2 I am in the process of locating a 39 ****** and spoke with Cling at the recent Big 3 Show in San Diego. The product look to be very well made and it works.
 
This is what I love about the Fordbarn. I know others don't but to heck with them. We start out talking about transmissions and it morphs into a music discussion.
Personally I go for Bob Wills, Hank Williams, and Patsy Cline for my 50's music!!
 
As a follow up the 1939 trannys they must be getting hard to find, there are a couple on Ebay and there's one starting out at almost $600.00 and the other is almost $800.00. I searched long and hard when I was looking and they were hard to find and really hard if you are set on the later 1939.

P.S. nether of these appear to have the universal cover or clam shell and they are as hard to find or harder.

dusty
 
I've got a few pieces of V8 clam shell and universal joint covers. What are they going for???

Talking about 39 transmissions, we've got to be carefull what we talk about here . Look what happened when a few of us started talking about our Fumaze crankcase breathers, how well they worked and how hard they were to find. Prices seemed to skyrocket on eBay for fumaze breathers.
 
Purdy Swoft said:
I've got a few pieces of V8 clam shell and universal joint covers. What are they going for???

Talking about 39 transmissions, we've got to be carefull what we talk about here . Look what happened when a few of us started talking about our Fumaze crankcase breathers, how well they worked and how hard they were to find. Prices seemed to skyrocket on eBay for fumaze breathers.
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The ones I found were going for about $40.00 for the bell and clam shells, which if you need them is not bad....but finding them is hard. I figure when the ****** is pulled most of the time these parts are reused on the donor car.????

I think at a big swap meet you will probably find these parts as well as a ******, this might also be a better place to find one as you can at least see what you are getting.

The problem with buying the ****** online is most don't want to fool with shipping it and if they did that would be a much added cost to the already high item.

dusty
 
Sounds good. Georgia is a good place to live. There is a lot of model A activity and famous model A people there. I recommend checking out the shade tree model A club. The Shade tree model A club use to have the best swap meet every year in Augusta.
 
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I checked out some of my stuff and found one nice three piece set of the V8 universal joint housings. This includes the two piece clam shell and the bell. I also found two extra V8 four bolt style universal joint covers sometimes called the universal bell. These parts can be hard to find. I am willing to part with these parts. If anybody needs such stuff send me a PM. I may even find more !
 
Any body wanting real good info on these trannys, 32-48, ck out mac van pelt's (Shellie's husband) website (info on the EV8 forum as he posts there a lot, written an all inclusive book, sells parts and trannys. FWIW
Paul in CT
 
I have a 39 trans in my 31 CCPU ,I don't like it ! wish it had the stock trany....when you change things gearbox etc , the clutch ,shifter brake light switch,hand brake ..etc they all gets screwed up ..my opinion don't do it ..sc
 
'39 transmissions are getting more difficult to find, but not impossible... " '39's " have the better case and the better double detent shifter housing and the bigger forks. '39 was also the last year for the "top loader" style case, in cars that is... The later '40-'48 car transmissions were effictively the same trans just in a "side loader" (column shift) configuration. Now.... In trucks they used the " '39 " top loader style trans for quite a bit longer. Some were open drive and didnt use a torque tube, But the case and the double detent top were the same! These are usually easily identified by the back open drive area. These are usable for a donor case. All the guts except the syncronizers are absolutely useless. The Ratio sucks and the main cluster is only for an open drive trans. These arent very desirable to most people and can usually be picked up fairly reasonable. Keep your eyes peeled for a good usable side shift trans preferably from a '46-'48 car. They had a good close ratio. Not Zephyr close, but the next best thing. With one of these and an open drive trans, or a good case and top you can build a damn good very reasonably priced trans. If lookin at bare cases keep an eye out for ones with the casting number "78" on the bottom. The web in the bottom is thicker, and they are a better case. Odds are you wont need one for a Model "A" though... Hope this helps!
 
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