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shogun1940

09-07-2014 @ 4:43 PM

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stroker i thought the one without the lever was the one that I was writing about. Now I will have to go out and dig it out again .If I see any thing different i will post it

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09-06-2014 @ 7:58 AM

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That's a gem of a story regarding the case out of the 39 with the lever style clutch shaft. I'd still like to hear from the 39 case with the 40-48 fork and blade; given its' non production provenance. I'd take the top off and see if you find anything else that is interesting, such as the rare possibility that it contains a set of "Long Lincolns".
Thanks for the story!

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09-05-2014 @ 4:58 PM

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stroker the story on the 39 box is that a man named tom owned the car and used to buy gas at the station i worked at. He always said when the car died so would he. He traded the car in for 63 ford wagon in Woonsocket RI. I bought the car from the dealer. Tom died a short time later. We all thought he was a bachelor and a caretaker for the house up the street. Turns out he had wife and a family,, and 6 months after he died his tore down a shed at his house and 50,000 in silver scr*ps under the floor. ya thousands.

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09-04-2014 @ 11:44 AM

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I believe 42 Merc has the most plausible explanation given the case ID. Among my contemporaries in the late 50's/early 60's it was almost mandatory to ditch the column shift trans in the interest of quicker shifts. Rather paradoxically, it was also common to see early (26-32) roadsters retro-fitted with column shifts apparently to gain front seat occupancy or a more intimate seating position for one's main-squeeze. If only that 39 trans with the 40-48 style clutch shaft could talk! Inside, you might even find a Zephyr gearset.

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09-04-2014 @ 5:46 AM

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when I was a kid it was common to install a floor shift transmission in place of the column shifted one in your '40 to 48 Ford or Merc.
I think the one without the lever was a conversion from days gone by.

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09-03-2014 @ 3:37 PM

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The trans case with the 4 ------ number was from an early 39 Ford while the case with the 5 ---- number was from a late 39 Ford. That does not mean that the gears are early (old synchro) or late ("39 synchro) as they could easily have been changed.

As Supereal pointed out both should have a floor shift lever. And both should have a clutch release lever since the torque style did not appear in a Ford until 1940.

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09-03-2014 @ 11:25 AM

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If by "lever" you mean the floor shift, the last year for that in a car was '39. The column shift, with levers on the side of the transmission arrived in 1940. The numbers you have given are apparently frame serial numbers, as they don't match any transmission case numbers.

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09-02-2014 @ 12:03 PM

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I have two trans. the one with the lever i 18 4798719 the one with out the lever i am pretty sure I took out of a 39 sedan that i bought in 1963 18 5111764 why does the other one have a lever?? any info would be helpful

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