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skidmarks · 04-06-2020, 02:23 PM

I had a 40 ford with a 50 merc overdrive. The transmission is basically the same size but open drive.

The entire center of the X memeber was opened up but the rails were intact. The lower flange on the left side.was.notched to clear the solenoid.
With the open drive the rear of the trans was lower then What you will run into with the closed drive. It worked because the pinion on the later model ford rear is much lower then the banjo rear.

In the end I broke it and replaced it with a T5. It failed from age and was well abused prior to me owning it.

04-06-2020, 02:23 PM	#3
skidmarks Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: newark, delaware Posts: 3,735	Re: Zephyr overdrive into 1940 Ford? I had a 40 ford with a 50 merc overdrive. The transmission is basically the same size but open drive. The entire center of the X memeber was opened up but the rails were intact. The lower flange on the left side.was.notched to clear the solenoid. With the open drive the rear of the trans was lower then What you will run into with the closed drive. It worked because the pinion on the later model ford rear is much lower then the banjo rear. In the end I broke it and replaced it with a T5. It failed from age and was well abused prior to me owning it.