Does anyone know if a floor shift conversion was ever marketed for a 1940 to 1948 Ford transmission.....Someone I talked to once, thought there had been one, but of course couldn't remember who built it.... Would be interested to find out... Any and All info will be much appreciated
Hell yes !! I think dang near any company that made conversions had them available. I know I had at least one in a car I had.
I've never seen a commercial one but making your own was a "semi" popular idea back in the day. Somebody on here will be able to reference the magazine tech piece on how to make a floor shift out of the column shifter from the '40-'53 Ford.
They were around, back in the day. If you are running that flathead, might be easier to find a '39 or so case, with the shifter. Gears are the same. Art
I have a hurst, but i aint letting it go.... Make your own! I just had to do that for a t10 to fit in my model t, just get a 3 spd shifter, throw it next to your transmission about where you want it and build some brackets, it aint rocket science...
I had a Hurst floor shifter in my 40 Coupe but changed it back to column shift since the stick was more of a reach than I wanted to make 100 times a day. Tried to sell it for a few years at swap meets, nobody cared...now I don't even know where it is.
My 46 business coupe had a vintage Hurst synchro loc 3 spd. I sold it last year. I put mine back on the column. Matt
if you happen across it, I would love to have it for a traditional hamb build I am doing. building a chopped 35 sedan, I am using a '40 flathead and trans.
Bump! I have a few 46-48 Lincoln transmissions with the OD unit. I’d like to see if there are any floor shifters available or an article on how to build one. Jimmy V
I did, thanks but it is a dead link Edit; I did a search on “king+shifter” and found an interesting article on how to make one using the original column shifter parts and some fab work. I guess that’s my answer.
Found it, thank you! https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-standard-3-speed-transmissions.926212/page-2
Back in, ah hell way back when I was a kid without a license or a car there was an article in one of the magazines on making your own floor shift out of the column shifter. I'm thinking that they used the Box off the column as the shifter and shortened the shaft to the handle down to where it was just a stub and used the bracket that held that part in place on the column as the bracket and the stop to shift against to go from first- reverse to second-third. My brackets didn't come out very well and the cat was helping me draw. Absolutely not drawn to scale and the shaft between the shift handle and it's bracket and the shift box would probably be as short as you could get it.
K shift pattern is kind of neat when you stop and think that Hurst shifters have a home position to the far right as well.
I knew a guy who made one out of a shortened 50 Ford collum shifter. Made his own mounting brackets for it. Throw was long, but it worked fairly well.
The Hurst mounting bracket for this transmission was fairly small, and bolted under two or three bolts on the torque tube hookup.
That’s a mighty fine sketch! Looks just like the article floating around in here Thank you for all the replies. This is a great option to pursue
Here is a Hurst syncro-loc shifter I adapted to a 48 Lincoln overdrive in my V-12 project. I wanted the shifter mounted in the center of the floor, so it looks like it came from the factory. I plan on replacing the Hurst shift lever with a round 39 ford swan style shifter and use this handle.
Back in the early 70's I remember seeing a Fenton universal shifter hanging on the wall of the Kmart I worked in. I'm sure it listed early Fords as one of the cars. It had a lot of little brackets and things to bolt on and was a real box of bolts.
Nice work Harry! I’ve seen the syncro-locks on fleabay and was curious if they would work. That’s a really cool shifter handle too
Thanks Jimmy, the syncro-loc shifter was IMO was the best 3 speed shifter Hurst ever made, I've had this shifter since high school, it was used in 4 other cars over the years. The handle I picked up at Canfield swap meet for $2.00, the guy I bought it from didn't know what it was from. When I got home, I showed it to my son he asked what's it fit, I said I wish I new, he took a picture of it with his phone and searched it, the handle was for a Lincoln grease gun.
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