Re: Need help figuring this girl out...

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/3/22 22:14:44

By the time these cars reach this age, there could have been any number of changes and modifications; unless you can find the original build slip (over the glove box), it may be hard to determine just what the original configuration might have been. Could have been a conventional 3-speed standard shift (column operated), or a 3-speed with overdrive, or been equipped with the optional automatic, also controlled by a column lever. In the last case, the quadrant showing the transmission selector and pointer should be on the top of the steering column shroud just behind the steering wheel, or if it's been removed, the holes might stil be there.

What transmission is currently in the car, a stick or an automatic?

I don't honestly know if the Ultramatic-equipped cars used a separate toe board w/o the hole for the clutch pedal, or if it was blanked off, but someone else I'm sure will have some information on that.

Some left-over 23rd series 1949 cars were factory renumbered with new vehicle number plates to allow them to be sold as a 1950 model, but your sequential production # of 38,XXX is much to low for that - it was built as a 23rd series 1950 model.