Re: [FWDLK] 4 spd
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Re: [FWDLK] 4 spd



Of course, when I posted this I forgot about the 300Fs
Wayne mentioned, and anyone who'd part one out to
convert something else should be shot anyway...

I'd guess the '60 in question had either a Chrysler
833 or a Borg-Warner T10 (this was 26 years ago,
okay?)

--- Mike Sealey <mopar2ya@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> --- John Bartell <jrbartell@TDS.NET> wrote:
>
> >         I'm not as knowledgeable about all of the
> > Forward Look cars as most of
> > the members on the list, so here's a question for
> > you.
> > Did Chrysler ever put out a 4 spd. manual
> > transmission in any forward
> > look passenger cars?
>
> AFAIK no 4-speed MoPars until the '63 model year.
>
> I once saw a '60 Fury that had been converted from a
> castiron Torqueflite to a 4-speed.  I was young
> enough
> then that I didn't think to ask how he addressed the
> emergency brake issue.  Anyway, I convinced him to
> put
> a dummy plate from a stickshift '60 over the button
> box, and voila!  With no leftover pieces of a column
> shift to worry about, that sucker looked totally
> factory...
>
> =====


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