Re: [FWDLK] 56 Dodge Torqueflite ?

[Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

IIRC, the (some-) 1956 Dodge pick ups had Torqueflites in them.

Dave Homstad (again, IIRC) used a 1956 Dodge truck's T/F push button
face-plate in his 727 trannie installation, because the truck face-plate
matched the appearance of the 1956 car's dashboard fascia.


Neil Vedder



.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 <mailto:NancyLB1@xxxxxxx>
>     *To:* L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *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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