Hi guys,
I have a 55 Townsedan with a 272, three on the tree. I'm looking at putting an automatic in it so others in my family can enjoy the driving as much as I do. I came across a 56 Townsedan with what I think is a 292 in it, that has an automatic in it that I could transplanted into mine. It doesn't have a Ford-o-matic plate on the trunk, but I think that is what it is. It has the column, peddles, and everything I think I would need to to this. Do any of you see anything that wouls be a problem doing this, or do you think there is a better solution?
Thanks for any comments.
Mike

It would all bolt in. If you didn't want to change to the '56 dished steering wheel, gearbox and column, you could hook your existing shift linkage to the transmission, but you wouldn't have the gear position indicator on the dash.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

i might be able to find a 55 gear indicator on ebay.

FYI - the 56 column is a little bit shorter than the 55 column because of the dish steering wheel. You may want to get a dash plate for your indicator on the dash. The 56 dash plate is different from the 55.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Change the 56 Gen & starter as the 55 is 6 volts and the 56 is 12. I have a 56 dash indicator for an automatic if yoir interested.

Are you planning on swapping the rear ends as well? The 56 standard transmission cars had a 3.78:1 rear end ratio whereas the 56 Fordomatic cars had a 3.22:1 ratio (with 272 & 292 engines) or 3.54:1 ratio (for station wagons and police interceptor cars). If you keep the original real end gas mileage would probably suffer significantly. However, acceleration response would be better. I'm assuming the 55 standard transmission rear end ratio is about the same as 56.