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Title: 427 Automatic
Post by: Royce on December 24, 2024, 11:45:41 AM

Did Ford ever put a C-6 behind a 427?

Title: Re: 427 Automatic
Post by: gregb on December 24, 2024, 12:05:52 PM

68 Cougar.....

Title: Re: 427 Automatic
Post by: Stangman on December 25, 2024, 06:12:25 PM

What was behind the automatic T Bolts

Title: Re: 427 Automatic
Post by: thatdarncat on December 25, 2024, 08:43:32 PM

Quote from: Stangman on December 25, 2024, 06:12:25 PM

What was behind the automatic T Bolts

A special version of the large case 430 Lincoln HX cast iron Cruise-O-Matic with a unique HX-7976 convertor housing (bellhousing) to mate it to the FE. Same for the automatic equipped Lightweight Galaxies I believe.

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Title: Re: 427 Automatic
Post by: thatdarncat on December 25, 2024, 08:53:12 PM

And similar for an automatic equipped 427 Cobra

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Title: Re: 427 Automatic
Post by: 4twennyAint on January 03, 2025, 05:38:46 PM

I think Ohio George had the same trans behind his Supercharged SOHC.  Thanks for sharing the article!!!!

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Post by: frnkeore on January 03, 2025, 07:34:58 PM

To add a little to this trans, I had a '58 410 MEL and used that large XH case in my '60 Galaxie, in back of a 300 horse, 352.

The early MEL bells bolted to the FE and the 410 version, at lest, had the 31 spline out put shaft. I know that because I had to shorten the MEL drive shaft, to fit my wheel base.

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Post by: Katz427 on January 04, 2025, 11:08:06 AM

According too Ohio George, he started out adapting his hydro-Stick transmission to the SOHC. THE problem was the Willys was a real handful with the SOHC ,engine, so Ford's Charlie Gray told him they would build a C6, so he could keep both hands on the steering wheel. He used a C6 after that in the Willys and the Mustang. George said it shifted gears at over 8000rpm, and was reliable.  I believe Gas Ronda's Mustang also had a C6 behind the SOHC.
George was a good talk at the Fe reunions, and  he told me the Mustang was like driving a Rolls Royce, down the track compared to the Willys. The Willys is in the Henry Ford museum collection.

Title: Re: 427 Automatic
Post by: hbstang on January 05, 2025, 01:09:16 PM

thank you for posting this info on t-bolt automatics.always wonderd what they used for them.also very cool cobra automatics !to bad they didnt have a 3500 stall converter and trans brakes,everybody would have been crying over a 10 second t-bolt!

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Post by: e philpott on January 08, 2025, 03:04:23 PM

Those early transmissions were a Borg and Warner design automatics MX FX FMX and other manufacturers used them too