The Ford Barn

s.e.charles · 07-31-2025, 10:47 AM

and going over the photos, not getting haughty, but now i can identify the "bearing retainer" - which i had thought would be a transmission mount [thank you] speedometer cable connection, and the top down pictures really help me understand how all the pieces not only fit, but relate to each other.

Q: should i ask about a clutch master cylinder?

i've found several on-line sources of diagrams & workings, but would i be correct a three speed column shift system of the '40s era would not be encumbered by a hydraulic clutch?

i just finished Driving With the Devil by Neil Thompson and he explained how Red Byron designed & built a hand operated clutch in his '53 Ford convertible to allow him to compensate for a piece of shrapnel lodged in his hip from WWII. and he raced, too. tough guys the lot.

so i assume the hydraulic clutch came later in automotive development and hopefully i don't have to think about it now! head is already bursting . .

thanks again,

s.e.

07-31-2025, 10:47 AM	#29
s.e.charles Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: northeast coast Posts: 220	Re: three on the tree shifting [more scale model research] and going over the photos, not getting haughty, but now i can identify the "bearing retainer" - which i had thought would be a transmission mount [thank you] speedometer cable connection, and the top down pictures really help me understand how all the pieces not only fit, but relate to each other. Q: should i ask about a clutch master cylinder? i've found several on-line sources of diagrams & workings, but would i be correct a three speed column shift system of the '40s era would not be encumbered by a hydraulic clutch? i just finished Driving With the Devil by Neil Thompson and he explained how Red Byron designed & built a hand operated clutch in his '53 Ford convertible to allow him to compensate for a piece of shrapnel lodged in his hip from WWII. and he raced, too. tough guys the lot. so i assume the hydraulic clutch came later in automotive development and hopefully i don't have to think about it now! head is already bursting . . thanks again, s.e.