How many bolts hold the side cover with the shift levers onto the transmission? If it has 7 bolts you have a Saginaw with a full synchro 1st. gear. That's a good thing- - - -you don't have to come to a full stop to get it into 1st. at a stop.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!