I'd say you need one, but I don't think they're in the system anymore [check NAPA?] so you're looking for good used - wrecking yard, parts wanted here, or e-bay .... any up to mid-60's when the spline count changed should do
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics