Re: More on Suppliers

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: John McEwen <moparrr@xxxxxxx>
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" Some additional information which may be of use is that Jaguar and 
" most other British car automatics were also BW units starting back in 
" '53 and running through well into the '80s.  The design changed over 
" the years but was probably consistent with other users of the 
" transmission at the same point in time.  As these designs featured a 
" removable bell housing, it's just possible that an old, low-mileage 
" Brit car could supply a rebuildable core if a good one can't readily 
" be found.

for a long time, the iron warner and then an export version of the m35
were the only autos available to foreign companies without the
resources to make their own, like rolls and mercedes.

in the '70s and '80s many european cars - jag, bmw, and volvo among
them - used aluminum warners starting with the water cooled m3x and
going through descendands m51, m55, m65, m80...  afaik the cases are
not interchangeable with amc versions though.

the point here is that rebuild kits and parts shouldn't be hard to
find.  and i have some aussie notes on how to cherry-pick parts to
beef the m35 up.

btw on rwd cars volvo now uses an aisin-warner aw4 just like jeep,
and for a long time their fwd auto was a zf transaxle also used in the
eagle premier.

" I realize that not every version of the transmission will necessarily 
" mate up to every application, but it should be a thought.
" 
" Ford used the FMX during the '70s, but I'm not sure when or it it was 
" available earlier than that.  My '76 Ranchero GT has an FMX hooked up 
" to a 351M engine.  This may be another possible source if an actual 
" "Flash-O-Matic" is not available.

afaik the fmx was used '68-'80 but like the m12 was a refinement of
earlier iron trannies [fx? mx?] going back to the late '50s at least.

and there's some evidence that ford used iron warners through the '70s
too, as sub for the fmx.
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