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rotorwrench · 08-20-2021, 11:47 AM

The 1953 F100 had mounting on the bell housing and is a 1 year only set up. It may be easier to find an 8BA engine due to this difference. If you use an early style block, it will need a half bell adapter but there will be no rear support. The adapter would have to work for the narrow Borg Warner flange bolt pattern or an early transmission could be used and a cross member would have to be fabricated to install a rear mount. A Mercury overdrive trans could be used but it is side shift.

Is the F100 a top shift or side shift transmission?

08-20-2021, 11:47 AM	#2
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,425	Re: German Flathead in '53 Ford F100 The 1953 F100 had mounting on the bell housing and is a 1 year only set up. It may be easier to find an 8BA engine due to this difference. If you use an early style block, it will need a half bell adapter but there will be no rear support. The adapter would have to work for the narrow Borg Warner flange bolt pattern or an early transmission could be used and a cross member would have to be fabricated to install a rear mount. A Mercury overdrive trans could be used but it is side shift. Is the F100 a top shift or side shift transmission?