Re: OD for 39 Six

Posted by Ken_Parkman On 2016/3/19 19:29:06

Thanks for the information and welcome everyone!

Yep I am a big convert to the OD religion. Around here the highway speed is 75 mph, and the Rambler would spin 3500 to stay with traffic, and I'm not doing that. Moved where you pretty much have to drive the highway to get anywhere and stopped driving it - no fun to be in the slow lane and have your teeth clenched at the rpm and have the old lady in the Subaru blow past you. Now with the 5 speed you can drive it anywhere in reasonable comfort, milage is way up, overheating problems are gone, and it's faster at the track. Better in just about every way.

Not that we want to drive the Packard at 75, but maybe 60 on a secondary road. Time will tell.

Ken P (weird talking to myself) Advance adapters bought the old Warn IP and are making them now. The Willys suppliers have them for sale, and a big name in the OD world is Herm:http://hermtheoverdriveguy.com

He seems to know a lot about them, sells a version for almost anything, and also has BW OD parts.

DAF - yes we would be interested, although shipping to Canada would be a problem. I'll PM you to talk.

It's my dad's car, but I'll see what he says about adding it to the registry.

Thanks again everyone.