Re: [Amc-list] 360/390 4-speed (slightly OT)

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

According to the article at Hemmings, the BIG toploader is a side-shifter like
the T-10. The one I saw could be a NewProcess. Wonder if the shift patterns are
different? IIRC reverse on this one was right and up.

Ken 


Quoting d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> i have a 71 ford f100 4x4 that has the 360fe in it. i have a newprocess 435
> behind mine. or so i was told when i got it. never looked for #'s. i know its
> shifter goes into a hole on the top of the trans. i guess thats the "top
> loader"?? hints the name? i dunno..... 
> 
> i do know that one trans ford used in the pickups, f150 and 250, they took
> 3rd gear, made it a strait 1-1 ratio. 4th gear is an od. i forget what ratio.
> .80 maybe for 20%?? i forget now. i have a book on all that ford junk around
> somewhere. 
> 
> if a guy to get rid of that god awfully low first gear,get a decent one in
> for a car, one of them trans out of a 2wd could be helfer stout for a strip
> car... dont know of any other gear ratios to fix granny gear. 
> 
> yes, yes, yes, before i saw the light in amc, i was a frod guy. second to
> amc, i still more partial to frods than anything else. 
> 
> dave stohler
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> 
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