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Probably 3.03 light duty manual gearbox fully synchronized. Probably the toughest transmission ever made, or right up there anyway.
Here's a link to someone who rebuilt theirs:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1413227-3-03-rebuild.html
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Here's a link to someone who rebuilt theirs:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1413227-3-03-rebuild.html
Welcome to FTE
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From: Seattle
This is sort of a fun list to read. As they say...in no particular order.
https://bangshift.com/general-news/t...american-cars/
My Trans Am has the Muncie M22, which is on the list, too. Good transmission. If you've never watched the John Wayne movie called "McQ" where you can hear the whine of the M22 in the 1973 he is driving it's worth a watch. Filmed in downtown Seattle back in the day. He airs the car out going down some of the steep hills in town.
Here's a small clip from near the beginning of the movie. An oldie, but a goodie!
Chad
https://bangshift.com/general-news/t...american-cars/
My Trans Am has the Muncie M22, which is on the list, too. Good transmission. If you've never watched the John Wayne movie called "McQ" where you can hear the whine of the M22 in the 1973 he is driving it's worth a watch. Filmed in downtown Seattle back in the day. He airs the car out going down some of the steep hills in town.
Here's a small clip from near the beginning of the movie. An oldie, but a goodie!
Chad
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From: Seattle
Also, if you watch the license plate on the Trans Am it changes numbers. For example, at 1:25 into it he is catching some air and the front plate says ICG 587 then at 4:20 the back plate is BRN 952
Chad
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While San Francisco was building the Embarcadero Freeway, the residents were howling, they hated the ugly thing.
Before too long, all work stopped. Later on, all of it that was built was torn down.
In the San Gabriel Mountains east of L/A, is the bridge to nowhere. It was constructed before the planned freeway was built.
The freeway was never built, so the bridge just sits there, it has never seen a vehicle, because there's no way to access it.
Before too long, all work stopped. Later on, all of it that was built was torn down.
In the San Gabriel Mountains east of L/A, is the bridge to nowhere. It was constructed before the planned freeway was built.
The freeway was never built, so the bridge just sits there, it has never seen a vehicle, because there's no way to access it.
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Yes, they eventually torn down all the mid-air dead ends around here, too.
Here's some great old shots of I-5 being constructed in Seattle in the early '60's. Just to keep this relevant you have to take a close look at photograph #5 for the tie-in. You can zoom in on the photos on a regular computer, not sure about mobile devices.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...h-old-seattle/
The other sort of cool thing is the last picture #7 shows the big building on top of the hill in the distance. That's the building where the shooting started in the movie "McQ" if you watched the video clip. I always thought of that building as the VA hospital. You can see "General Hospital" on one of the signs near the parking lot and there is an ambulance that he almost would have hit if he was using real bullets.
Chad
Here's some great old shots of I-5 being constructed in Seattle in the early '60's. Just to keep this relevant you have to take a close look at photograph #5 for the tie-in. You can zoom in on the photos on a regular computer, not sure about mobile devices.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...h-old-seattle/
The other sort of cool thing is the last picture #7 shows the big building on top of the hill in the distance. That's the building where the shooting started in the movie "McQ" if you watched the video clip. I always thought of that building as the VA hospital. You can see "General Hospital" on one of the signs near the parking lot and there is an ambulance that he almost would have hit if he was using real bullets.
Chad
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