Vintage Ford Pickup Question

[40mopar]

Can someone tell me what was the last year that Ford pickups came with a floor shift?

Thanks

[keiser31]

Some still do....

[Jim Bollman]

I believe the last manual transmission with floor shift was offered either in 2013 or 2014.

[CarlLaFong]

I think Ram is the only American pickup truck available with an automatic

[bhambulldog]

I think Ram is the only American pickup truck available with an automatic

you must mean something else other than what you wrote...

Perhaps, you mean;

Ram is the only truck that other than ​automatic is offered.

[CarlLaFong]

you must mean something else other than what you wrote...

Perhaps, you mean;

Ram is the only truck that other than ​automatic is offered.

Yeah, brain fade. Ram is the only American pickup with an available stick shift

[Dave Mellor NJ]

I'm assuming you mean the flathead years. Anyway,in the passenger cars 39 was the last year with a floor shift. It was also the first year with synchronizers in the three gears. They kept this trans in the pickups until midway in 50. The bigger trucks kept them on the floor afterwards but these were all 4 or more speeds. Those synchronized 3 speeds are prized by the modifiers for use with hopped up flatheads. They did away with the closed driveshafts in 46, I think, so if you're putting one in an earlier ford you need to look for the 39 or 40-42 truck unit.

[CarlLaFong]

I'm assuming you mean the flathead years. Anyway,in the passenger cars 39 was the last year with a floor shift. It was also the first year with synchronizers in the three gears.

There was no synchro, in first gear, in any of the early Ford transmissions

[Paul Dobbin]

I don'r know about post WWII Ford pickups, but they had 3 on the floor through 1941.

[bhambulldog]

My daily driver is a 1990 F250 with 5 speed floor shift

I had also, 1996 F150 with 5 speed floor shift.

And, a '55 F100 with column shift 3 speed.(sold long ago)

Edited September 30, 2014 by bhambulldog (see edit history)

[Fleek]

I have a 97 Dodge Dakota with a 5 speed in the floor.

[bhambulldog]

Yeah, brain fade. Ram is the only American pickup with an available stick shift

You're right to call it "Ram" rather than Dodge. They have a Chrysler VIN rather than a Dodge VIN