I dont know the exact models, but there were some chevy cars that had
overdrives that bolt right up. I will ask my source next time I see him.
Deve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Davis" <jsd51@hotmail.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Overdrive wonderings
> Ok Deve,don't hold out on us, what's the solution for the 3 speed
>
> Jeff Davis
> '51 custom
>
>
> >From: "Deve Krehbiel" <deve@wwwebservice.net>
> >Reply-To: "Deve Krehbiel" <deve@wwwebservice.net>
> >To: "J Forbes" <jforbes@primenet.com>, "Old Trucks List"
> ><oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Overdrive wonderings
> >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:57:30 -0500
> >
> >I just need an overdrive unit that I can use on a 235 with a Granny 4
> >speed.
> >Anyone have any ideas? I have heard of Brownie, but hearing about it and
> >actually having a solution are two different things. Friend of mine has
a
> >nice solution for the 3 speeds, but for my 49 3/4 ton with a 4 on the
> >floor,
> >no luck.
> >
> >Deve
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "J Forbes" <jforbes@primenet.com>
> >To: "Old Trucks List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:28 AM
> >Subject: [oletrucks] Overdrive wonderings
> >
> >
> > > Dustin--
> > >
> > > An overdrive, granny gears, and 400hp...you don't ask for much, eh?
:)
> > >
> > > Many years ago, a friend of mine had a 61 Chevy 40 series truck (1.5
> > > ton), and he had a 396 in it, with a TH400, and it had a really steep
> > > rearend gear...it would top out about 50 mph on the highway. He wound
> > > up putting a 2 speed rearend out of a BIG truck in it (22" wheels, I
> > > think)...but it still had the same gear ratio problem, because the
extra
> > > speed was a steeper gear. So, he put a Brownie auxiliary tranny in
it,
> > > but since the Brownie is a reductin box, he put it in BACKWARDS...so
he
> > > got about a 2:1 overdrive! That made it just fine for cruising on the
> > > freeway.
> > >
> > > I'd suggest looking around at late model trucks, to see what they have
> > > in the way of a granny gear 5 speed overdrive tranny. Beware
hydraulic
> > > clutches, though.
> > >
> > > Jim F
> > > 59s in AZ
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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