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Originally Posted by Barry-ct
Late 1950 thru 52 pickups( column shift ) did not have an overdrive tranny available ( nor 48-50 ). The 53-54 years did, but not with the 8CM 7222 shift tower. It was marked TAAA 7222-A . Same part was used on the L/D regular trans. for 53-54. That's a car trans, not truck.
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The comment about '50-52 Ford pickup not having an OD trans is not correct.
In 1952 my father bought a new top of the line '52 F1 V8 Ford pickup. The trans was a 3 spd column with OD.
I probably drove that truck in excess 20k throughout many of the western states. I loved that truck, was probably the best pickup my dad ever had.
Dad traded the '52 in on a new '54 6 cylinder F1, it was a piece of junk, hated that truck. It was totaled in an accident in Nevada in '55, fortunately I was not driving it..
One of the pickups on my "bucket list" is a '52 Ford F1 V8 w/OD, fully equipped, in the same dark green color as my Dads....