Bmartin Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 I went back to this little junkyard I know of today. 115 degrees this afternoon so the visit was a short one. I was trying to see if they had any overdrive transmissions in their pile. The owner is a Mopar guy, but he seemed to have a knack for diassembling everything. Piles of manifolds and heads from L-head engines and a lot of the ones in the cars were open blocks. I did not find any R10's. There were a couple 3 speeds and this one marked 39 Desoto. Anyone know what this is? It seemed to have a couple solenoids on the side. And the bees that have been guarding the transmission pile Some random cars around the lot 1 Quote
Labrauer Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 Wish we had junk yards around here like that. Around here if the cars and trucks are older than 6 years they destroy them by crushing. I have never seen a yard like that with old cars and I guess it is best because I would go crazy and want to buy every car there. Quote
Tatback Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 Very cool pictures, thank you for sharing them. I wouldn't have the guts to walk around and poke through the cars after seeing the guard bee's Quote
thebeebe5 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 Cool shots. I've run up on a couple of yards like that in my travels around the valley. Stay hydrated!! 117 in the west valley today.... Quote
Bmartin Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Posted June 20, 2015 does anyone have any idea what type of transmission the 39 Desoto is? Quote
desoto1939 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Posted June 20, 2015 I just looked in my parts manual for the 39 Desoto and by looking at the pictures of the overdrive unit in the manual and also comparing your pictures I do not think this is an overdrive for the 39 Desoto. The tail piece which is the extension on my pictures does not have the hook that holds the emergency brake brand. I only have the regular 3 speed in my car so I can not make a 100% positive evaluation. Rich Hartung 39 desoto owner Desoto1939@aol.com Quote
DonaldSmith Posted June 20, 2015 Report Posted June 20, 2015 I compared the mystery transmission in Post No. 7 with the Semi-automatic transmissions shown in my DeSoto shop manual. The mystery transmission looks like the semi-automatic for an S-13 or S-14 DeSoto, 1949, 1950, etc., or similar Mopar of that era. (M-6?) The Ignition Interrupter Switch Assembly is vertical, and the Solenoid Assembly and Governor Assembly are cocked off to the side. The postwar unit, as for my S-11, has a vertical Kickdown Solenoid Assembly. (M-5?) And that's the truththththth. Quote
Don Coatney Posted June 20, 2015 Report Posted June 20, 2015 And that's the truththththth. When ever someone says "to tell you the truth" I always wonder if everything they said up to that point was a lie??? Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted June 20, 2015 Report Posted June 20, 2015 That transmission showm above is a 1949-early 1950 chrysler, dodge or deSoto M-6 transmission. Most likely a chrysler because of the back up light switch and lever as all 49 and up chryslers had BU lights. It's identified as a 1949-early 50 because of the external E-brake band. Quote
blue p15 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Posted June 20, 2015 Great pictures, bmartin! I would love to go through a yard like that... except for the guard bees! Quote
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