The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks 3-speed tranny hard to get into 1st

Your 3 speed in that year did not have a synchonized 1st gear. The only way you can drop it into 1st when rolling is to play with the accelerator until you can match the speed of the gears in the tranny and then drop it into 1st. 2nd and 3rd gears are synchronized by a large synchonizer hub.