Re: Changing the Ultramatic for a Standard Transmission

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2009/6/21 18:21:04

Unless you have one of the late model gear start transmissions it is not supposed to shift.

The Ultramatic normally started off in high gear. The low gear was only for emergency use.

On the whole it would be better and cheaper to sell your car and buy a manual transmission car. There seems to be quite a few of them for sale.

Otherwise contact Turbopackman, he claims he can change an automatic Packard to a standard in a day.