Seems I remeber there being a sincro 1st gear 3 speed at some point,what years and how to find one?

"The Bat" out of hell

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Early 60s, possibly '63. I seem to recall Ford advertising a "3 1/2 speed" transmission. It was nothing more than a 3 speed with 1st synchronized.

Starting in 1964 with the introduction of the Mustang Just about every FORD trans came out with a syncro first gear and I do not know of any before that. You might call someone like Automatic Rebuilders in Appleton, Wisconsin at (920) 731-3268 because they do about any trans that anyone wants done correct here in the Fox Valley. Most of us use the old method of shifting to third at a stop to slow the gears down and if you want to go to first without stopping then use the REV & Stab process. Please post if you discover something that I have not heard of. Thanks.

Tom

What?

Tom: "Rev & stab" was more commonly called, especially by truck drivers " double clutching"

Paul

Now quite the same, REV & Stab was to bring the REV's up and Stab it into first gear. I did have to Double Clutch a few old Dodge five ton trucks and an Old white Mustang straight eight Gas because of the Square gears in the trans. Like all truck drivers of the day, many times we only used the clutch when starting and stopping and the rest of the time just let off the gas to shift up and REV & Stab to shift down.

Tom

What?

1964 was the first year for the T & C, all synchro 3 speed gear box. It was used in many auto and lt. truck applications. It was even sold to GM because they didn't have an equivalent. They were installed until the mid-seventies, very common in "entry level" models.

Basically it's a three speed "Toploader" There's one with a 2.40 low and a truck version with a 2.99 low. Very nice tranny. You will have to change the disc to an 1 1/8"-10 spline, and drill the top two mounting holes in the front to match the Y block bell. Output shafts are different between different versions and there are at least two lengths. Mustangs were short, Galaxies and Truck/ vans were long. I like the long ones because all you have to do is shorten your existing driveshaft, vs. having a new one made.

Frank/Rebop

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As far as I know, the 63 Fairlanes with a V8 had a syncro three speed, the 3.03 trans It shows it in the 60-64 car parts manual.

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Thanks,very good info as always.

"The Bat" out of hell

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If my feeble memory is correct the 3spd syncro was introduced in 63 1/2 in the HiPo 390 6pack Galaxie's. A friend of mine bought one new back then. Had the syncro floor shift. Cool. Chuck

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