Re: stick shift Execs

Posted by WilliamCraig On 2010/2/14 16:55:21

I own a '56 Clipper Deluxe with manual transmission and no overdrive. I have seen one other that was delivered here in Birmingham and there was a '55 Deluxe without overdrive here but I've not seen it in many years. I got a spare transmission and driveshaft from a wrecked '55 40 that had been converted and that transmission is Clipper green, so there must have been a number of cars equipped this way. In 1956, there were few highways with speed limits above 60, so not that many people regarded overdrive as necessary, apparently. Plus, the standard rear axle ratio for the stick (or overdrive) was 3.54- the same as Senior cars- and few have complained about them over-revving the engines.