----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:31
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 56 Dodge Torqueflite
?
Actually, the only unique part needed for a 56 Dodge TF not
already used on the late 56 Chryslers is the bezel around the push buttons, in
a Dodge style. And the Chrysler bezel will even fit, just looks different. The
push button cluster, buttons, shift cable, etc. is the same as already used on
the Chrysler. All the parts were available in 56 for a TF in a 56 Dodge. No
change to the rear end is required. All 4 of the PF buttons fit in the TF
cluster, only the "2" is new.
What I used for the pushbuttons came from a 57 - 59 Dodge
truck. These trucks had the same dash structure & pushbutton housing as
the 56 trucks, but when the TF option was added in 57, the bezel was made in
the 56 style with horizontal bars, if it hadn't already been in existence in
case a TF was installed in a 56 Dodge.
There is no factory documentation discussing a TF in a 56
Dodge that I have ever seen. We just know the Chrysler parts fit because they
do. Many people have made this conversion. The frame slots for positioning the
crossmember brackets for a TF also exist. They are just a few inches behind
the PF bracket.
For details on my 56 Dodge's conversion, see my web site at:
http://webpages.charter.net/dhomstad/TransmissionFrame1Source1.htm
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Ron Waters
wrote:
> Hmmm. Wouldn't that mean that Mopar vendors would have
to produce special 1 & 2 buttons, bezels, rear ends, etc., just for
a short run of remaining '56 Dodges ? Doesn't make sense to me from a business
standpoint. Can you support this with tech service bulletins, photos or other
documentation ?
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Bitterman
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Barrett Jackson Max
Wedge
Let me take this issue farther.
I was 16 in 1956 and an active member of a family
owned Dodge Plymouth Dealership in a small town called Robesonia Pa. We sold
600 to 700 new cars a year and at the end of the model year Chrysler would add
accessories and change items that we had not ordered. I distinctly
remember driving our first 56 C.R. 3 speed too see how much faster it was off
the line (being a drag racer) in the last 56 model production we received
seven or eight Dodge's with torqueflite but no Plymouths. The five
button cluster was in the same housing as the four, but the 1 and 2 were
across the bottom where the low button was. I can positively say that
they were factory produced near the end of the model run! In about three
weeks we were receiving our 57 models and 95% were TF so they were now
common place.
Jack Bitterman
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