Technical Help with ID of old overdrive

I have had this old girl for thirty years. I need to clean out. I hope the HAMB community can ID the trans. It is probably from the 50's and very light duty. Hudson Jet? I hope to find it a good home. It appears it is derived from an earlier trans that was a floor shift. It would be great to find a shift top to fit it. I wonder if a Model A could be made to fit.

 

I have been looking thru an old Motors Manual and think it is Studebaker/ Willis. Anyone know of an earier usage with a top mounted shifter to fit?

 

There's a thread over on ChevyTalk.Org, I believe in the 49-54 forum, titles, "missing plug?",a posting by rrausch where he did this EXACT conversion. You may be able to message him for what he did. I would do a link if I knew how. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/323098/

Pretty easy to post a link, Butch. Just get on the page you want to link to, then at the top of the browser where it says http://www.chevyalk.org....etc you just copy that line of gobbledygook, and past it into your post.

Hopefully you know how to copy and paste on the computer? if you don't, we can help you figure that out, to. We're here to help.

 

Borg warner t 84. Used in Studebaker champion, henry j, rambler, Willy's, and many other small engine independants. The overdrive is popular with the model a crowd, and many others.

 

Early jeeps had the top shifter

 

Right.

"Borg warner t 84. Used in Studebaker champion, henry j, rambler, Willy's..."

look's just like my '51 Stude and '52 Willys 3-speed stick OD's. The Stude had a rear u-joint and the Willys had a cast-iron "CV" type joint. They were interchangeable.

pdq67

 

Thanks Squirrel. The thing is, I was an X-Ray/CAT Scan Tech for 32 years, and a CAT Scanner is just basically a computerized X-Ray machine, and I was very good at it. BUT, I've never really had much interest in learning the PC thing. I keep saying it may be time to take a class, but........................................we all know how that is. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Early Jeep is 6 bolt cover.

 

most early Studes had the u-joint at the rear except V8 and they look like a Ford in front....why are we thinking floor shift....50'S Willy's Jeepster's had side shift....give us some numbers off the case....