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Daves55Sedan · 05-12-2020, 04:28 PM

That transmission is a '51 thru '56 small case Ford-o-matic, BUT the shifting levers are NOT like the ones I have seen in any of the '53 thru '59 Ford-o-Matics. May not make any difference as long as the upstream linkage is long enough and properly adjusted to hit all the detents.
I've got a '53 Ford-o-matic sitting on the garage floor, but it is too dark today to take photos. But I can tell you that the '53 shifter and passing gear lever are exactly the same on the '53 as they are on the mid and late fifties models.
Maybe those came off of a '60's era Ford-o-Matic?

05-12-2020, 04:28 PM	#10
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: 54Merc Transmission Mystery That transmission is a '51 thru '56 small case Ford-o-matic, BUT the shifting levers are NOT like the ones I have seen in any of the '53 thru '59 Ford-o-Matics. May not make any difference as long as the upstream linkage is long enough and properly adjusted to hit all the detents. I've got a '53 Ford-o-matic sitting on the garage floor, but it is too dark today to take photos. But I can tell you that the '53 shifter and passing gear lever are exactly the same on the '53 as they are on the mid and late fifties models. Maybe those came off of a '60's era Ford-o-Matic?