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#22146 01/08/2002 8:11 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14 | Alright you stovebolt Guru's, is there such a thing as an overdrive tranny that will attach to the torque tube on my 53 1/2 ton? I looked in several truck books and could not find one but perhaps a car of that era could have one that one fit right in?????
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#22147 01/08/2002 10:20 PM | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 15 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 15 | If I remember this correctly, Safesix had mounted an OD unit from a 3 speed saginaw onto a 4 speed saginaw, and then hooked that up to a Patrick's saginaw to torque tube conversion kit. Since then he has switched to a T-5 and open rear end.
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#22148 01/09/2002 5:52 AM | Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 | In Tom Brownell's Restoring Chevrolet Pickups book he shows how someone grafted a GearVendors overdrive on a torque tube--looked like a lot of work but may be worth considering. | | |
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