The Ford F3L

[John H]

I guess this is Wall Wilmott. I clearly remember you working on the RF brake of Bruce's car at Pukekohe in practice. I thought how great it must be to sit in the car while 2 guys worked on it! there is a photo somewhere. Just saying.

[Jac Mac]

[color="#0000CD"]There were a few evolutions of the Auto Trans, two types in these pics. The one fitted in the car ( J- Car ) has Ron Fournier working on it.
I believe the people rebuilding the car Wal mentioned posted some pics some time ago on this site.[/color]

[seaqnmac27]

[video=youtube;AquI49zoaAo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AquI49zoaAo[/video]

[Kenz]

[color="#0000CD"]There were a few evolutions of the Auto Trans, two types in these pics. The one fitted in the car ( J- Car ) has Ron Fournier working on it.
I believe the people rebuilding the car Wal mentioned posted some pics some time ago on this site.[/color]

Comparing the two auto boxes, the installed version is enormous.
Must have been a huge weight penalty to drag around, as well as the slush box inefficiency.

[Jac Mac]

Comparing the two auto boxes, the installed version is enormous.
Must have been a huge weight penalty to drag around, as well as the slush box inefficiency.

The larger installed version has actual Auto Trans clutch packs & planetary gears IIRC, the other trans pictured uses dog engagement gears. The torque converter apparently was derived from a Ford falcon auto, probably to give a higher stall speed to match cam etc of engine. For scale purposes the final drive section is ~275mm long.