Andydodge Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Had a mate deliver a gearbox that he removed from an Oz 1957 Chrysler Royal 6 cylinder sedan , which is essentially a 54 Plmouth with 55/56 front & rear fenders grafted on by the Oz Factory. This gearbox is unusual, at least for me, in that the selector arms are not on the US drivers side but on the US passenger or Oz drivers side........and there is NO handbrake or handbrake attachment mounts cast into the tailpiece......there is just the smooth gearbox cast iron tailpiece with a flange, universal joint and sliding yoke, not the ball & trunion uni. I am unable to post pics just yet tho will get some soon but I was wondering whether anyone has heard of a mopar side valve gearbox without a handbrake?..........thanks........andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Heres some pics of this gearbox........NOTE, the 1st pic is of a normal mopar gearbox with the handbrake etc on the rear, this is the spare from my 1941 Plymouth..........BUT note the differences in pics 2-5, NO handbrake mechanism and not cast in mounts for it either, also note that the levers etc are on the US passenger side.............anyone seen a mopar one like it?.........thanks, andyd Edited March 3, 2012 by Andydodge left some info out......lol.....andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randroid Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Andy, 1. As an early experiment in political correctness WPC built about half dozen of those in what became a vain attempt to have their dyslexic customers unite. Unfortunately the target market tried to untie them instead and the program was dropped. 2. Because it is Winter in Sydney when it is Summer in Detroit and folks in Oz drive on the opposite side of the road from the US, there was circulated a false rumor that the sun rose in the West down under and it was briefly assumed that everything else was backwards too. Fortunately that rumor was quickly dispelled. 3. If the photographs were to be printed from the other side of the film they would be an exact copy of every other tranny produced. Perhaps it's time for a new camera. I have more, but we try to keep this a family-oriented forum so I'll stop here. -Randy (I'm not antisocial, just not very user-friendly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I thought I would brighten things up a bit for detail, I could not make heads or tails of the original posted pictures........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks Tim......I'll never get a job as a fotografar but Randy I can spel reel goode...........lol...........being a member of the Oz Chrysler Restorers Club, www.chryslerclub.org.au I've tried to contact the club 50's tech person but no luck........thats why I thought I'd annoy you guys...........lol..........so have you ever seen a 1950's Chrysler car gearbox without the ability to have the handbrake?.........lol.......andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadkingcoupe Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 industrial? Marine? Agricultural? possibly non automotive use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 not sure but as these continued into late 60's military...could this be a military type set up and as such the rear end be that of the later drum e-brake..just taking a WAG here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty O'Toole Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Evidently and Australian made transmission for Australian vehicles. There must be someone in Australia familiar with these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Rusty, you'd think so but as I've only been playing with Oz mopars since 1969..........lol...........seriously tho have spoken to a couple of guys here today and no one knows of an Oz Chrysler, ie up to 1956 they were Plymouths, Dodges & DeSotos using the 53/54 Plymouth body shells with minor changes then from 1957 to 1962 they were Chrysler Royals which used the same 53/54 Plymouth body shells with 55/56 front & rear fenders grafted on that did NOT have a gearbox mounted handbrake. Whilst there was minor chassis changes the last Royals in 1962 used basically the same chassis as the 1954 cars. Engines were both 23 & 25" sixes up to the 1956 cars depending on whether they were badged as Dodge,Plymouth or De Soto but my understanding & personal knowledge is that the 25" six was used till 1962 and the 301/313 Canadian version of the US 318 poly till 1962. Gearboxes were 3 speed with or without overdrive if a six up to the 1956 models then from 1957 when the Chrysler Royals which were the 1st Oz mopar with a V8 option firstly used the 2 speed Powerflites then 3 speed Torqueflites from 1959/60 till the end of Royals in 1962. Six cylinder Royals had a choice of standard 3 speed, Overdrive or Powerflite then Torqueflite autos. Bottom line as far as I know is that all had a driveshaft or emergency handbrake..........lol..........so the plot thickens........lol............andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadkingcoupe Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 The mid 1930's (1935 1936 1937?) Imperials had the parking brake on the rear axle. Of course they were floor shift models and the transmission pictured looks alot newer. However is it possible that later Imperials continued the practice of running a parking brake cable to the rear axle? Couldn't you swap out the housing for one that has the necessary lugs for mounting a parking brake? The answer might be Imperial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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