The old overdrives are for the Saginaw 4 speed, not the Muncie SM420 truck 4 speed with the granny first gear. If you have a Saginaw 3 speed with OD and the trans in your truck is a Saginaw you should be able to swap IIRC. (some OD units are for the little Muncie SM318 three speeds)

FWIW there is something called a Ranger Torque Splitter OD that goes in front of a manual trans you can get for about $1,400 new. Gives you another shifter, and you can split gears with it.





Some of my crap:
1963 C-30 flatbed dually 292/SM420
1965 C-10 LWB fleet 250/column shift 3 speed
1965 C-30 9' stepside 250/SM420/4.10 gears (my DD)

Website I made for my crap:
http://www.66submarine.com