It's amazing how far soem of these topics wander so quickly, yeah, I don't know why I even said 904-999! for an automatic it would be AW4. Stick would be a T-5. Or a seventies Ford overdrive 4 speed that would hook to the column for column shift! You could even use an overdrive cable for a reverse actuator. Just don't forget and pull it when going forward! -- Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > " From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > " > " Yeah, that would work, but for the trouble of finding the parts to keep > " the iron warner, I'd go 904-999 series trans and open driveline. would > " be much lighter weight than that iron slushbox! It's really not a bad > " trans, just not well respected and heavy. > > okay, for 'iron warner' sub 'ford fmx', if you could make the tt > adapter work. they were used up to '77 at least, and in probably > bigger volume that year alone than all of amc's autos. iirc you can > still get shift kits for them. > > i was just noodling possibilities that wouldn't involve any cutting. > an open driveline with ladder bars wouldn't be much of a hack, but if > i was going that way i'd use either an aw4 or 42re with the 4.0. > > unless the typhoon had a stick. then i'd want to do either a mustang > 5.0 t5 or turbo supra r154 with the 4.0, if clutch linkage could be > squared away. i'm thinking the external-slave 4.0 bell could probably > be converted back to mech linkage with 'some fabrication'. and i'd > want to find some way to get the shifter up through the floor without > cutting any additional holes. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com