Toploader Four-Speed?
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Toploader Four-Speed?
I recently heard from someone that an early Ford toploader four-speed transmission has a dual bolt pattern, and one of them bolts right up to a Y-block bellhousing.
Can anyone verify this? If so, what transmissions will work? And will they bolt up to a 3-speed bellhousing or a 4-speed?
Also, if installed in a '60 F-100, would shifter location be an issue? I'm running the stock bench and don't want to change that.
Can anyone verify this? If so, what transmissions will work? And will they bolt up to a 3-speed bellhousing or a 4-speed?
Also, if installed in a '60 F-100, would shifter location be an issue? I'm running the stock bench and don't want to change that.
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This is a toploader site. I have linked you to where he discusses the 4 speed OD trans patterned on the earlier car performance unit. Scroll down there and see a pic of the early vs. the later OD trans. He mentions the early, or "true" toploader has the 8 hole bell to trans mount. That, methinks, answers part of your question. He has lots of other info, and he has a tower mount shifter for PU use. Not cheap, but this ain't JC Whitney or the local scrappy....
http://www.davidkeetoploaders.com/imposters.htm
http://www.davidkeetoploaders.com/imposters.htm
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