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Old 01-17-2021, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by OG68 View Post
There were 133 different versions of the TopLoader 3 & 4 speeds for different applications.
Ford Transmission in Livonia Michigan was ALWAYS doing "Running Changes" on the parts trying to make them better and better. I worked with a few M/T Trans engineers who were very sharp. Buddy Ingersal's Turbo Pinto trans was designed by 3 of them and later became a first gen Doug Nash 5 speed. Doug Nash was a Skilled Traded guy for Ford at one time in his life.
Bob McNall was one of the engineers on that racing project.

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