1935 Ford 5W Coupe Shift Lever?

[AzBob]

All, I am looking at a 1935 Ford with a 1948/'49 59A-B 239 engine tranny combo. What puzzles me is the straight angled shift lever. '35 Ford cars had a "goose neck" bend in the shift lever. Could the 239 engine trans combo have come from a '48/'49 pickup? Didn't '48/'49 cars all have column shifters?

In addition, the brake pedal location looks a little wonky. What say you?

[rotorwrench]

The early Ford synchronized transmissions had the swept back shift towers. There may have been different shift lever designs depending on whether it was a passenger car or a commercial pickup. For 1936 production, the towers were changed to a straight up vertical type shift tower which was used on cars through 1939 and pickups up through 1952. The only major changes were the single to double detents for 1938 and the new 91A type front shift fork for the 1939 and later top shifter transmissions.

A lot of folks prefer that 39 and later transmission with the improved synchronizer. If the car was changed to hydraulic brakes then they may have changed the pedal for that.

[Seth Swoboda]

Someone swapped in an earlier shift lever as it seems. No idea why, however.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by AzBob

All, I am looking at a 1935 Ford with a 1948/'49 59A-B 239 engine tranny combo. What puzzles me is the straight angled shift lever. '35 Ford cars had a "goose neck" bend in the shift lever. Could the 239 engine trans combo have come from a '48/'49 pickup? Didn't '48/'49 cars all have column shifters?

In addition, the brake pedal location looks a little wonky. What say you?

[AzBob]

Thanks to all for the reply's. Looks like the general consensus is someone swapped in an earlier shift lever. As to the odd brake pedal position, possible hydraulic brake retrofit. Thanks to Petehoovie for enlarging the photos.

[cas3]

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The shift levers are shorter on the bottom, 32-36 into the slanted shift tower. Vertical shift tower, 37 & up are longer at the bottom, and do not interchange.