Thread: 1950 Dodge tranny ??????

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Got an old freind that called me a few days ago,he is wanting to know if there are any direct bolt up transmission options for a 1950 Dodge sedan
inline flat head six cylinder. He said he does not care if it's a stick or automatic. I asked him if it had an enclosed driveshaft and he did'nt know.
Car currently has the tranny that has all the solenoids on it, shifter is like an automatic but car has a clutch pedal. I told him someone on here may know of some kind of transmission that will bolt up. Thanks

I found a company online last year that makes an adaptor for a TH 350 but it was pretty pricy. I think about $800 just for the adaptor plate. Ask someone on the P15 D24 website, they should be able to point you in the right direction.

the original trans he has is the Prestomatic fluid drive and is as automatic as they got for Mopars until '53.. auto trans but it uses a fluid coupling and a clutch, and a series of switches, points, solonoids and relays ( in short, an electrical nightmare ) to control fluid preassure and shifts... I have the '53 Motors manual ( actully just looked all that up ), and the only other trans option was a 3spd stick, and an optional overdrive

The tranny he has, you only need to use the clutch to take off in 1st gear then you can shift to 2nd and 3rd without using the clutch and you can stop the car with out pushing in the clutch

If you weren't so far away I could fix him up with a complete changeover to 3 speed manual