|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
05-10-2023, 05:40 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Welcome NC
Posts: 201
|
Mitchell overdrive.
Got my Mitchell overdrive installed in my 31 Tudor. It drove better than it ever has for me. Drove it 60 miles and it drove better than my 2021 pickup. I will be driving my Tudor a lot more. Best investment I have ever made.
|
05-10-2023, 05:55 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,472
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I have posted before that I have 4 Model As and all of them have a Mitchell unit in them. I agree, they transform the car. My most used one also has one of their synchronised gearboxes. It is the car I use when towing the camper. High second is a very handy gear when doing that, especially since I learned how to move from high second to standard third gear in the one action (pull both levers back together).
Money well spent.
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
05-10-2023, 06:30 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Qld, Australia
Posts: 4,197
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Arnold, what diff ratio are you using.
Lawrie |
05-10-2023, 07:30 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 3,820
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I have the Mitchell overdrive too and love it. My rear end is the standard 3.78 but in overdrive it is very close to 3.00 to 1. I too will use second over then third standard and the reverse when down shifting for grades or lower speeds.
__________________
A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. |
05-10-2023, 08:16 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,472
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Lawrie, 3.78. I find it works well with the extra drag of the camper at 50 mph. We often talk of us travelling together half way around the country in 2014
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
05-10-2023, 08:17 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,472
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
05-10-2023, 09:25 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Qld, Australia
Posts: 4,197
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Yes good times, Im putting a Mitchel in my pickup, it has the 3.54,
Lawrie |
05-10-2023, 10:34 PM | #8 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,472
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
That said, I had my Burtz over 107 a couple of days ago. Just as well the cops weren't around!
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
|
05-11-2023, 05:55 AM | #9 |
BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Chenango Bridge NY
Posts: 433
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
5 to 55 mph in one synchronized shift.. makes a modified engine fun… it’s a great anti theft device too.. two sticks and a clutch? forget it
|
05-11-2023, 11:02 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 3,820
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Arnold, 107 mph. That's phenomenal.
__________________
A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. |
05-11-2023, 11:08 AM | #11 |
BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Chenango Bridge NY
Posts: 433
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
|
05-11-2023, 11:34 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2022
Location: SoCal
Posts: 559
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
We putt putted en masse to breakfast the other day. Wife had things to do when we got home so it was 70mph on the freeway home. Sounds like I need a Burtz too......
|
05-14-2023, 10:13 AM | #13 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: At my kitchen table in Santa Rosa, Ca
Posts: 2,902
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
__________________
If it would have been a snake it would have bit ya! i can't spell my way out of a paper bag! |
|
05-14-2023, 11:05 AM | #14 | |
BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Chenango Bridge NY
Posts: 433
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
I can stay in high range all the time for best acceleration..usual driving just split second..split third on grades..I’m running about double stock engine power.. |
|
05-14-2023, 01:18 PM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Troutman, NC
Posts: 717
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I have had mine for about 2 years and love it. My Phaeton can do 55 all day long and faster if needed. I have found 2nd high to be great and I do think this is the number one modification you can do with an A........You will grow to love it more with time....Congrats
|
05-14-2023, 02:40 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,917
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I enjoy my overdrive. It just makes the car more practical. I will say that I also enjoy my cast iron brake drums.
Some minor modifications to the A just make it so that a person wants to drive it a lot more. Erands, joyrides, church, local chapter meetings, whatever. |
05-14-2023, 03:30 PM | #17 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,817
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
|
|
05-14-2023, 07:51 PM | #18 |
BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Chenango Bridge NY
Posts: 433
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Going to install a “‘39” transmission in the future,got a bunch of swan neck shifters in the deal, going to adapt one to the Mitchell bell crank.
Thats if it doesn’t lengthen the throw too much |
05-14-2023, 09:10 PM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Troutman, NC
Posts: 717
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Could you give us the current price for a Mitchel Overdrive? I have a feeling they are around 4k by now with all the inflation.
|
05-14-2023, 09:22 PM | #20 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern California
Posts: 3,122
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
There is about a six-month lead time. Contact Mitchell at: 530-458-4500 Tom Endy |
|
05-14-2023, 10:41 PM | #21 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,817
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I don't know about the O/D but Steve told me a couple of weeks ago that they are not taking orders at this time on the synchro trans and the waiting list is 8 months.
|
05-15-2023, 04:27 AM | #22 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Troutman, NC
Posts: 717
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
I got mine a few years back for a bit less but with all the inflation $3500 is a very fair price. For anyone on the fence this is a large investment but it changes the car so much you will find yourself driving more and also going on longer drives. Basically the Mitchel will let you take your car cross country on any 2 lane blacktop and maintain 55 if needed as long as your car is in top shape to start with.....wonderful product. |
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
05-15-2023, 05:48 AM | #23 |
BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Chenango Bridge NY
Posts: 433
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Got this with one for 1500.00..an older one from Healdsburg.
|
05-16-2023, 06:01 PM | #24 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,472
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
|
05-18-2023, 11:55 AM | #25 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 1,044
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
JayJay
__________________
JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan |
|
05-18-2023, 10:55 PM | #26 |
Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Santa Ana, Cal 92704
Posts: 88
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
I had forgot all about it, and then a surprise phone call from Steve and he says your name is at the top of the list. Time to get off the pot. He then takes down the particulars and you send the money. About two weeks from the time of phone call it showed up. My car already has the Mitchell transmission. So, this is going to be good. 1929 closed cab pick up. |
05-18-2023, 11:25 PM | #27 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Fountain Valley, Calif.
Posts: 937
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I’ve had mine in my Town Sedan about 16-17 years now, and would not own a Model A without one. Besides being able to comfortably cruise on the hiways, I even joy shifting into OD on our surface streets, when I get up to 40-45 mph. It is amazing how quiet the car is. In many ways it is so easy to use it’s like having a 4th gear, but so much more verstile. And 2nd hi in the mountains is perfect.
|
05-21-2023, 08:28 PM | #28 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Welcome NC
Posts: 201
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Model A Ron - I just got mine last month and it cost a little over $3000. I did get the overdrive dip stick kit also. A Model A member who knows all the ins and outs put mine in and I am very satisfied on how it shifts and car runs.
|
05-31-2023, 11:09 AM | #29 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 24
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
Is that something you fabricated or does Mitchell offer it? If you fabricated it can you specifify the materials used and fabrication done? Thanks, Ron |
|
05-31-2023, 12:03 PM | #30 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,817
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Ron, I used a piece of ⅜" schedule 80 S/S tubing and tapped both ends to match the Mitchell shifter thread and inserted a short piece of all thread in one end to screw the knob onto. The knob is for a Ruckstell shifter, just to mess with people... https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/p...0805&cat=41824
I used a drop of green LocTite to keep the extension tight. I'm not sure where you can find ⅜" schedule 80 S/S tubing tho. I got it with some other scap metal. Last edited by Y-Blockhead; 05-31-2023 at 12:23 PM. |
05-31-2023, 12:06 PM | #31 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 24
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
|
|
05-31-2023, 12:14 PM | #32 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,817
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Ron, I just looked on Mcmaster-Carr and their ⅜" schedule 80 S/S tubing is ~$50/foot!!!! https://www.mcmaster.com/products/~/...%2Flength%7E12
Last edited by Y-Blockhead; 05-31-2023 at 12:23 PM. |
05-31-2023, 12:18 PM | #33 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 24
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
Crazy pricing. Thanks |
|
05-31-2023, 12:21 PM | #34 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,817
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Ron, I think I misspoke. Looking at McMaster-Carr specs I think I used ⅜" tubing.https://www.mcmaster.com/products/~/...revious posts.
|
05-31-2023, 12:28 PM | #35 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 24
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
|
|
05-31-2023, 12:51 PM | #36 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 24
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
I see you have very nice matching carpeted floor mats. Did you make these up yourself or were you able to buy them from a supplier?
|
05-31-2023, 02:39 PM | #37 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,817
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
|
05-31-2023, 09:32 PM | #38 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Welcome NC
Posts: 201
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Mine was a little over$3000. I am going to order another one for my 28 Roadster.
|
06-02-2023, 09:37 PM | #39 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2022
Location: SoCal
Posts: 559
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Mine has a 39 Trans and Mitchell OD. The trans shifter rubs in the OD knob. I need to use a smaller knob or bend er reshape the OD shifter. I wonder if the 39 Shift tower is wider than the A which would move the OD shifter closer to the centerline of the shifter.
|
06-02-2023, 09:40 PM | #40 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2022
Location: SoCal
Posts: 559
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
|
|
06-03-2023, 07:27 AM | #41 | |
BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Chenango Bridge NY
Posts: 433
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Quote:
The V8 shift lever wears at the ball on the end of the stick,that makes the shifter sloppy. I put a piece of aluminum round stock on the Mitchell shift lever instead of a shift knob,mainly cause I didn’t like bending over to shift it..I’m going to try and adapt a swan neck shift lever to the Mitchell linkage.. two swan necks side by side would be neat.. but it probably won’t work.. |
|
06-13-2023, 09:16 PM | #42 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Welcome NC
Posts: 201
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
They are a little over $3000 but may go up a couple of hundred more as Steve Mitchell has a long waiting list and not enough workers. I got my name on the waiting list for my 28 roadster but they could not tell me how long of a wait it will be. I do know that the wait is worth it in the long run.
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
06-14-2023, 05:13 PM | #43 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Posts: 611
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
Good Afternoon...Yes they are worth the wait. We've had ours for 17 years...still going strong...At that time, Sue Mitchell agreed to make a longer shift handle so that it would be the same as the gear shift...Charged $30 extra! Ernie in Arizona
|
06-14-2023, 05:21 PM | #44 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 1,044
|
Re: Mitchell overdrive.
When I spoke to Steve about a month ago he was quoting 6-9 months, so I'll be happy to have mine by the end of the calendar year.
JayJay
__________________
JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|