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Originally Posted by cousinjd
It must have been an easy update, changing right to left on shift lever, as I remember doing the same thing to my first car, 1946 Ford 2 door sedan. A friend influenced me as he had done the same to his 1950 chev. I also remember changing it back when I traded to a 1953 Mercury 2 door hardtop. But alas, 65 years is a long time and a lot of cars later. Good luck, you will figure it out.
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Originally Posted by Throck Morton
I remember doing this modification over 40 years ago to my '40 Ford. My older neighbor suggested it, he said they did it to gain a faster shift from 1st to 2nd.
You just had to 'slap' the shift lever down and towards the dash to gain an advantage when racing. He also said you could hug your girlfriend while driving!!
However, I have forgotten the details, but it was fairly simple to do, and to reverse.
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It's cool to get some history as to why someone would do this.
It almost makes me want to leave it.
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Originally Posted by Lamar Wadsworth
Never saw a '55 Ford car with an aftermarket add-on turn signal unit. I would have thought that all states would have required turn signals on cars by '55. I know some trucks as late as '55 came with a single taillight and no turn signals from factory. I used to have a second series '55 Chevy pickup with a non-matching passenger side taillight and add-on turn signals.
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Yeah, I thought that was odd, too.
AND upon further fiddling... The dash has the factory signal lights at the lower corners of the speedometer.
My '55 Chevy 210 has factory turn signals, so I expected this car to also have them, but I don't really know what's going on with it. LOL
I've only had a little bit of time to play with this car since I'm doing a fuel tank and pump on my van (which keeps becoming more and more of a job). Once the van's running again, the Customline gets a spot in the shop to have a "spa day".