Technical GM 3-spd stick with O.D. in a '40 Ford.

Does anyone know of a '40 Ford with SBC and a GM 3-speed with overdrive ? I don't want to chop my frame all to Hell, so the O.D. is a possible solution. Thanks for any help and info.

 

If you're ok with removing the torque box and replacing it with bolted in plates ( aka Ch***is Engineering ), you may only have to trim a little for solenoid on the OD housing. That trans is not real strong; the syncro drums in the trans will not tolerate spirited shifts under hard acceleration. You might be OK with a small V8 and the stock column shift linkage. I had one of those in my avatar in '66 (not OD ) and it cleared the torque box IIRC, but I couldn't work out the clutch linkage before I was called away by my Unckel Sam.

 

39 Ford guy did a nice installation of a Ford manual OD that may give you so ideas. The thread is a good read if yoou are working on a 40 Ford.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...mike-build-thread.949053/page-8#post-10852304
Glenn

 

T5 might be a cleaner solution

 

I DID ONE BACK IN THE LAST CENTURY AND USED THE SAGINAW OD. TRANSMISSION WITH FULL SYNCHRO ON THE COLUMN. THE CENTER OF THE CROSSMEMBER NEEDS MODIFIED AND A BULGE FOR THE SOLENOID BUT YOU CAN RETAIN THE WISH BONE IN STOCK UN SPLIT FORM. CLUTCH LINKAGE FROM THE O1A BRACKET TO A SWIVEL CHAIN LINK WORKED GREAT AND I COULD NOT BREAK THE TRANS WITH A 365 HORSE F.I. 327 IN MY YOUTH!

 

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I watched him try to break it ... all it would ever do was get 24 MPG ....

 

Look for an early 80's c10 2wd, they had an a-833 4spd over drive.
1st 3.09 2nd 1.67 3rd 1.00 4th .73 OD
Stronger then T-5

 

I've put a few Muncie's 4 speeds into 40's. not a bad fit, not much cutting, ran a hyd clutch set up

 

Btt...good ideas?

 

I put an A833 3-speed + OD in my '36 Ford coupe and there wasn't a whole lot of t******* necessary. It could go back to stock fairly easily.

T5 would be the easiest, but wouldn't have the strength of the A833.

 

Were you able to use the stock shifter for the a-833 or build one? Picture? I'm putting one in my 34, but I have the transmission out of a van, so it has alarge bracket that bolts to tailshaft and back of main case, and the shifter is straight and at least 2 feet tall.

 

Lee Pratt's '40 coupe has a SBC and a '57 Chevy 3-speed OD. He was able to put that small ****** in without any modification to the '40's crossmember. As with a '57, he used front motor mounts and side bellhousing mounts so that the transmission is suspended off of the bell housing with no mounts. It works for the tri-5s and I've followed Lee cross country many times with that set up.
In my '36 cabriolet, I adapted a '57 ford 3-speed/OD to the chevy. I did have to trim out the front 3 inches of the torque box (and box it in) to allow clearance.

 

The Sag was a good transmission and still is if it is not loose as a goose.

So let me guess here you converted the banjo to open drive or ???? I am interested in your bygone century build.

 

I agree with the A-833. I run one in my F-100 behind my Hemi and have on in waiting for my 36 project. You will never regret making that choice. They are double Tough, compact (next to a T-5) and use a Hurst shifter that we all know to be Correct for any early Ford.
The Wizzard

 

I installed a chevy 3 speed behind a 283 in a 40 coupe back in the mid seventies. I modified the top of the torque box a little for extra clearance. I used a Hurst floor shifter (because they were cool). If I remember correctly I modified the clutch and brake pedal ***embly so that the clutch pedal was pinned to the shaft in such a way that the