4 Speed RAT/RAN Style Tranny???

[Chief Master Sergeant]

My wife's coworker invited us out to look at her mother-in-laws 67 that has been in the barn for 20 years. Really! It's no prize, but still cool. They told me it was a 4 speed, which threw me off. It had a Hurst shifter on the side like for a normal 3 speed, but they swore it was a 4 speed. I crawled under it and it looks just like a stock, manual 3-speed. It was dark and my cell phone battery wouldn't give me enough light. I climbed inside and there was a sticker on the dash showing reverse to the top left and 1st through 4th in an H. Any idea what this is? I tried to shift it, but it was bound up. Climbed back under and tried to take a picture, but it was a no-go.

 

[Scoop]

Probably a top-loader 4 speed conversion. Stroppe did some early 4-speed conversions IIRC. Did you notice any Stroppe accessories on it? Too early for a Stroppe Bronco but could have gone through the shop for some mods??

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

No, this thing was pretty rough. Just looked through the Stroppe Equipment list and the Toploader is the only thing I saw.


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[Broncobowsher]

When you look again, look for 3 shift rods underneath. Toploader 4-speed conversion. There were kits. There still are. Just like the base mustang came with a 3-speed, which happen to be very much like the Bronco 3-speed. Didn't take too much engineering to adapt the 4-speed into the Bronco. It is a car transmission. It is not a truck transmission.

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

When you look again, look for 3 shift rods underneath. Toploader 4-speed conversion. There were kits. There still are. Just like the base mustang came with a 3-speed, which happen to be very much like the Bronco 3-speed. Didn't take too much engineering to adapt the 4-speed into the Bronco. It is a car transmission. It is not a truck transmission.

Yeah, looking on Google, the shift pattern indicates it’s for a Falcon, Galaxy, Fairlane, Comet, Cobra or Tiger. Not sure I’ll see it again. They’ve seen EBay and will want that kind of money for it.


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[Broncobowsher]

Shift pattern can be changed with shifter and linkage changes.

Make them a sensible offer and wait. after it sits on eBay a few months, and they get jerked around by fake bids a few times they may come back to you.

 

[nvrstuk]

Good advice Broncobowsher...

Personally, the 4spd toploader I had in my Bronco behind a true HP289 was the most fun tranny I've ever had in mine...and I've had 6 different tranny's in it...

Put a gear doubler behind it and have fun on and off road...

 

[SHX669]

Also could be the four speed that was available in vans and - ??? where 4th was overdrive . I know a guy who has one - reverse is in a different position than the
standard " top loader " if I remember correctly.

 

[broncodriver99]

Also could be the four speed that was available in vans and - ??? where 4th was overdrive . I know a guy who has one - reverse is in a different position than the
standard " top loader " if I remember correctly.

X2. I have one on the bench I just finished up for my Bronco. I set it up so 1st through 3rd are nearly identical to the stock 3 speed but 4th is 20% OD.