Is the 3 speed in my 75 parts truck suitable to transplant into my 65 Mustang with a 200 six or are truck and car 3 speeds different animals?

 

I believe Mr. Wilson calls them light weight 303s. It should work in the car, is it the best choice, I donno.


John

 

1965/66 Mustang 170/200 I-6's came with the Ford type 2.77 light duty 3 speed manual that has a non syncromesh (crash) first gear.

1967/69 Mustang 200 I-6 came with the Ford type 3.03 3 speed manual all syncromesh trans, the same trans your truck has.

I don't know what would be required to swap the 3.03 trans into a 1965/66 Mustang 200.

 

"67 and up Mustangs with a 200" 6 cylinder went to the 3.03 three speed. Find a complete starter/block plate/bell housing/clutch/flywheel/throw out fork/throw out bearing/drive shaft assembly from a '67-up 200" engine and the swap should be a near bolt in deal.
The '67 up assembly uses a 2 bolt starter, like the V8's, rather than the 3 bolt 6 cylinder unit. The flywheel is a flat type, not a stepped type and uses a 9" clutch, as I remember.

This swap was very common years ago when people wanted to get rid of the relatively weak 2.77. After all, Ford started the swap in '67 when they got rid of the 2.77 in favor of the 3.03.

With this being said, I don't think the 3.03 from your F-100 would be the best 3.03 to swap into an early Mustang.

Transmission length might be an issue. The 3.03 that came out of my '66 F-100 had a short tail shaft on it. It was several inches shorter than a Mustang transmission. Also, I doubt that your '75 3.03 has the shifter mounting bosses on the tail housing for the Mustang shifter.
If the trans is the same length, and the mounting bosses for the shifter are on the tail housing, you shouldn't have any major problems.

Good luck.

Roger Carter

 

My 200 car is a 65 and has a C4 in it now. Im just trying to thin out the herd and consolidate parts into what I want to keep and what I don't want to keep.

If I were to swap in a manual one day I think I would go with a T5.