[Tigers] Overdrive toploader

[John Crawley]

Hi AC:



I have been running a 30% OD toploader for a number of years - if you want
more info contact me at:



alittlemoreink at hotmail.com



GodSPEED

Jc




> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:23:08 -0500
> From: "A. C. Tynes" <v8tracker at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tigers] Overdrive toploader
> To: <tigers at autox.team.net>
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> I happened to run across an interesting statement at
> http://www.5speeds.com/toploader.html.
>
> This has probably been common knowledge on the list for many years, but it
> is news to me and I thought I would throw it out.
>
> This gentlemen states that Ford built overdrive toploaders in 1977-1979 and
> installed them in vehicles such as the Granada. He says they made third
gear
> the overdrive gear and flipped the third-fourth shift lever so that
shifting
> into "third" actually put you into fourth and shifting into "fourth" put
you
> into overdrive, giving ratios of 3.29, 1.84, 1.00 and .81. He also says the
> parts can be retrofitted into older toploaders.
>
> That looks like a big gap between 1st and 2nd, but maybe the earlier 1st
> gears could be used?
>
> At any rate, I'm just curious if any one has tried this modification on
> their Tiger.
>
> A. C. Tynes
> New Orleans
>
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