We need a driveshaft with the yoke for a 66/67 442 with the Dearborn/Ford transmission. This same trans & driveshaft was used in a Cutlass with a floor mounted shifter. The driveshaft is different from the regular Saginaw transmission. Please contact me @ pchopesq@aol.com

Thanks

Mike

 

When I put a 3speed in my wagon I had difficulty finding a yoke but a member here supplied one when I advertised. The yoke went right on to the original Auto driveshaft. Before i found the yoke I talked to a Ford guy who said he probably could supply the correct yoke but never had to go that far. Just an fyi.

 

OK,good info. Was your wagon a VC or flat roof? We know the yoke is different,has to be the Phord unit. We are also unsure about the drive shaft length. Any idea on the length versus a standard shift?

 

Mike, I don't know if this will help but I bought my '68 Cutlass from the original owner (35,000 miles). It had a 350 2-bbl. with a 3-speed on the floor. I rebuilt a M20, out of a wrecked '67 442, and replaced the Dearborn unit. My oem driveshaft yoke wouldn't fit, so I swapped the one from the '67 onto my driveshaft and it worked perfectly.

 

Yes that would be correct. If you got a 3 speed floor mounted shift you got the Dearborn mid 65 thjru 69. Do you remember if the clutch spline count was the same Dearborn to Muncie? That info really helps & thanks much.

Mike

 

Mike, yes the Ford trans was set up for use in GM cars. I believe that they even rotated the mounting bolt pattern from the one for Fords. I say that because I had a customer with a '69 442, that his dad bought brand new, that wanted to put a Ford top loader 4-speed into. He reasoned that because it came from the factory with a Ford 3-speed, that it should take a Ford 4-speed.
When I installed it onto his Olds factory aluminum bellhousing, which of course had the Dearborn and GM bolt pattern, the transmission was rotated counterclockwise, as viewed from the rear. I still couldn't convince him that he needed a Muncie, so I had to fabricate a wedge to attach the trans mount to the crossmember and heat and bend the shifter handle.

 

Sounds like it was fun.

 

Car is a flattop wagon 1967. Originally a Jetaway, yoke went right on and d shaft length ok. 10 spline just like a early Muncie for disc.

 

Mike —Just to widen your search, Buicks used the same Dearborn set up in 3 speed floor shifted A bodies 67-69. I think it was 70 that Buicks changed to the 3 speed cast iron Muncies.

 

 

Yes and so did Pontiacs. Thanks