Morning coffee

[Ford Blue blood]

Looking forward to it!  What month?

[RICH MUISE]

Awesome!!.......Bill: Next month (March).....I'll have to keep you posted as to the when exactly because I'm not sure how long I'll be staying in Florida, and because you live so far north, I'm planning on going that way on the way home, eventually catching I40 somewhere. I need you to pm me your contact info and address.
Lynn.....If all goes according to plan, I'm planning on at least Shreveport Saturday night after the show, so sometime Sunday (Mar 14). I have your address, but I need your phone numbers.
With this covid thing, if there are any issues meeting at your house, I'd be more than happy to meet up somewhere. We all have to be super careful, so I totally understand if you or your wives have any reservations. Hell, we're still not having family and friends at our house even though we've all had our vaccinations.
I've wanted to do this for sooooo long!!!

[hiball3985]

Good morning Rich.   If you have to alter  your  tranny mount and do something to your rear suspension ,  you may want you check the front and rear U joint angles to make sure that they are  still in sync with each other.  Just a little change in those angles could give you a not needed vibration.   But you most likely know this already,  Jay

You are right on Jay. Even a very small vibration is just a precursor to failed U joints.

[Ecode70D]

     And Jim....Please notice that the U joint statement was from Jay, not from that troublemaker Jake Sparrow.

     I hope that all of you guys in the warm and sunny places have have a nice day.  It's snowing in Mass with more to come in
the days ahead.
 

[RICH MUISE]

Exactly why I want to have it done before I leave for Florida. I'm really not anticipating any issues because these "adjustments" are really just putting the car back to where it was before gradually settling. But I'll put it thru it's paces while I still have time to undo any changes before I leave.
Jay..you'll be happy to know it was 22 degrees here this morning and the trees are still ice covered. Will be below zero this weekend with snow and ice predicted. UGH!!

[gasman826]

I found a new piece of late '60s drag racing hardware.  Clutch-O-Matic

[hiball3985]

Was that design so you could use high RPM and then dump the clutch to engage the auto? I've never seen one of those.

[rmk57]

  Didn't Don Garlits lose part of his foot in an explosion with a home brewed setup like that?

[gasman826]

The first MOPAR automatics had a clutch pedal used only to start and stop.  Some of the FX MOPARs modified Torqueflites to replace the torque convertor with a clutch...Clutchflites.  Early and into the mid '60s, 'bonsia' starts were legal.  MOPARs with the old typewriter automatics were revved high and when the light turned green, the 1st gear button was pushed.  After several transmission explosions, this practice was outlawed.

This transmission is a heavily modified C6 with a 427 FE Lakewood bell housing containing a Shaefer clutch and flywheel.  The C6 is full manual with reverse pattern and one-off lockout, ratchet shifter.  I bought it from the guy that owned and ran a '65 Comet gasser up until the early '70s when the stroked, 427 SO bought the farm.  He said the Comet left the line at 6000 RPMs to run mid 11s.  This transmission never failed.

A very unique bit on drag racing nostalgia especially when it is for a FE.

[hiball3985]

I remember the Fluid Drive Chrysler products from the early fifties, auto trans with a clutch. I had a friend with a DeSoto that had one..

[Ford Blue blood]

Rich sent you an email.......yahoo account.  I'll do a PM as well.

[Ecode70D]

I wonder how they managed to get what looks like a standard shift input shaft onto that automatic tranny.

[gasman826]

For years, I had the same question...how was apply pressure supplied for the valve body, clutch packs, and servo.  The answer is just like any farm tractor with live power PTO shaft.  There are two shafts much like the AOD input shafts.  The main shaft runs off the clutch disc that replaces the torque convertor.  The outer shaft connects to the fingers of the pressure plate thus live power to the pump.  So, if the engine is running the pump is turning.  The bell housing, clutch disc, pressure plate and throw out bearing are all standard components.

[djfordmanjack]

I remember the Fluid Drive Chrysler products from the early fifties, auto trans with a clutch. I had a friend with a DeSoto that had one..

like this one Jim? 















(I had to put some FomoCo iron in this post as well, before I am getting kicked out of here....)

[Ecode70D]

 Günter
You need to explain where that red Desoto came from. Where have yo been hiding it?
Jay