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02-09-2018, 12:24 PM | #1 |
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Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
Anyone have a Mitchell in a 47 Ford club coup? Any floor clearance issues?
Any issue at all??? Thanks, Steve |
02-09-2018, 02:14 PM | #2 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
No clearance issues whatsoever...
Mitchells are good units. I don't care for the control so much for aesthetic reasons but all in all, you will no doubt be pleased.
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02-09-2018, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
No problems with my installation in our 4 door 46 using the cable shift. If the floor lever shift is used there will be changes to the floor board and frame.
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02-10-2018, 09:18 AM | #4 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
Thank you Kube and John
See you in Dearborn Regards, Steve |
02-10-2018, 09:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
I got one here in a 41 ford 4dr with a 50 merc motor. This was put in by another owner . I drove it one time with the 3.78 rear and it was a slug. On the ride it was noisey and it turned out the rear had heavy damage to the pinion. That was cause by a mechanic not the mitchell.
I swapped in a 4.11 ring and pinion and woke the heavy car up. It preforms a lot better. I live in a semi hilly area and the 3.78 wasnt good with the mitchell. Cable shift and no modifications to the car |
02-10-2018, 01:57 PM | #6 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
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Case in point, a '58-59 Ford F100 V8 has a standard rear gear ratio of 3.73, the same truck with a factory OD has a rear gear ratio of 3.89. Most of the early Ford V8's had a standard gear ratio of 4.11, therefore an addition of an OD, regardless of which style worked very well. I think Ford went to the .3.78 ratio in about '46 and later, therefore the rear end needs to be re-geared..
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02-16-2018, 10:30 AM | #7 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
I have one in my '47 club coupe. I wound up having to modify the floor slightly under the back seat. It cleared initially, but if I had a few passengers in the car the leading edge of the overdrive would contact the floor on bumps.
Also, I kept the 3:78 rear and I purchased the larger 36% overdrive and I am very happy with it. |
02-17-2018, 10:08 AM | #8 |
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Re: Mitchell OD in 47 Club Coupe
Here is a picture that shows where it was hitting after it was installed, and the after picture shows how I modified the floor to accommodate it, prior to painting it so it would show up in a photograph. What you can't see is it was hitting on both sides of the driveshaft tunnel, so the other side is a mirror image of the modification, just blocked by the overdrive unit.
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02-17-2018, 10:50 AM | #9 |
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Nice work! You certainly are an "Automotive Stud"!
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02-17-2018, 11:58 AM | #10 |
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Lol it was a clever name when I was in college, now I just don't want to lose my post history!
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11-30-2018, 11:02 PM | #11 |
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