Re: [AMC-List] Overdrive

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" For low buck overdrive I would look for the overdrive four speed used
" by Ford in the late 70's, The guts can be then swapped into a
" toploader case and bolted up with AMC parts. This will then adapt to
" the column shift, giving you four forward gears with over drive on
" the column. For reverse you put the column in neutral and either use
" a heavy overdirve type cable under the dash to engage reverse Or you
" mount a rod discreetly up thru the floor and pull or push th e rod to
" engage reverse.
"  Is it worth all the work to gain overdrive and keep a column shift???
" You decide! 
"  You may be able to use the entire Ford overdrive four speed,
" depending on shifter placement, it is a top shifted trans.
"  The other lowbuck option is an S-10 shifted T5 with a nice old
" fashioned gooseneck shifter. It would still look old school with a
" white or black mushroom knob.

the o/d 4sp can be found in iron side-shifter cases, in late '70s
granadas, and with a jeep-like cane shifter in early [mid?] '80s ford
pickups.  matter of fact, if you're swapping the guts from a srod to
an iron case you need the granada input as it's the correct length
where the srod's is 5/8" too long.

alas, neither these nor the t5 will bolt to a '69 232 - hence the
interest in the t14-o/d.
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