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Old 07-28-2016, 03:38 PM   #1
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Default Re: trans up date to over drive

I think the point of the post is the clever conversion using a toploader shifter.
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Old 07-28-2016, 04:04 PM   #2
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I think the point of the post is the clever conversion using a toploader shifter.
Yes, I agree that that was Chucks main point. I have seen that converstion of early top loader shifter tops on the later side load transmissions before. May have been a post on the old Fordbarn when Shelly owned it. The discussions covered doing it the way Chuck has his, vs. some of the commercial aftermarket shifter conversions, i.e. Hurst, and others. Those old FB posts are probably now lost somewhere in cyberspace.
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Yes, I agree that that was Chucks main point. I have seen that converstion of early top loader shifter tops on the later side load transmissions before. May have been a post on the old Fordbarn when Shelly owned it. The discussions covered doing it the way Chuck has his, vs. some of the commercial aftermarket shifter conversions, i.e. Hurst, and others. Those old FB posts are probably now lost somewhere in cyberspace.
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Are you thinking about the modified shifter on the 49 Merc O/D trans in my truck? https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156620
Chuck's version shows that's there more than one way to skin a cat...
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Are you thinking about the modified shifter on the 49 Merc O/D trans in my truck? https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156620
Chuck's version shows that's there more than one way to skin a cat...
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I believe that is the one I am thinking about, or at least one of the best ones I saw back then. Did you make the original post on that several years earlier?
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