Joined: Sun Jan 07 2007, 07:37PM
Location: London,Ontario
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Well here we are a month after you posted your question and I'm curious as to how you made out. Did you find a trans and install it and if so how did this go?
Joined: Wed Dec 21 2005, 07:34AM
Location: indiana
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yatzee wrote ...
I cannot say for sure but I believe the original tranny used two cables - one for gear selection and one for the parking pawl. If this is the case you should go '66 or newer preferably 70 or 71. This will not only work with most aftermarket shifters but give you "kick-down" on demand at any gas pedal position. Some earlier transmissions had to have the pedal booted to the floor to engage passing gear. Cable kick down is the best way to go. Read this thoroughly but I would use Boichillon over Locar any day of the week:
Yes. 64-older was 2 cables and was B&T output flange, 65 used 2 cables also but used a std splined output shaft, making it a 1-year trans. 66 is a 'typical' trans but has a different spline count on the torque converter than the 67-up stuff.
If still interested in doing this, I'd recommend looking at ImperialServices website, they make some custom cables to allow newer transmissions to use the cabled shifter mechanisms. I have looked at the 65 floorshifter mechanisms and it seems like it would work with only 1 cable (of appropriate length) on a newer trans (or be easily modified) and would engage park. But I've never fully verified that though.
IMHO a 65 console/shifter would be a nice upgrade in a 63-64 wagon. You could even leave the pushbuttons in place and they wouldn't really be noticeable.
Joined: Tue Nov 01 2005, 01:28PM
Location: Alberta Canada
Posts: 93
Floor shifters were available for the 63-64 Chrysler. All '65 C bodies were cable shifted still; both column and floor shift. This should give you options without changing the transmission.