Baldwin/Motion and Overdrives

[SMYDA]

I knew the Baldwin/Motion cars had this option but had never seen
any info on it.....till I bought an old Corvette book from 1973 that had
several articles on the cars. Thought I would post it as an item of interest.

A Peek into the Past ........ Baldwin/Motion.

 

[TimAT]

I remember those Hone overdrives. Always thought that was the beans. I've got a 3speed O/D trans out of a '68 Chevy pickup. Same overall length as the 4 speed. It's been in the Vette, and it's a blast to drive. The gear change from O/D back to 3rd (kickdown) is a rush.

 

[mrvette]

I remember those Hone overdrives. Always thought that was the beans. I've got a 3speed O/D trans out of a '68 Chevy pickup. Same overall length as the 4 speed. It's been in the Vette, and it's a blast to drive. The gear change from O/D back to 3rd (kickdown) is a rush.

Umm...remember the ratio?? .7 or what??

 

[SmokeyVette]

I'd like to put something like that on the tail of my 700...:evil:

 

[redvetracr]

I bet thats one rare and valuable piece today.....

 

[guru]

I am more interested in that curved shifter.

 

[TimAT]

I am more interested in that curved shifter.

Hurst has got buckets full of handles- find the one you like. They all bolt on. I can't really see the room in a C3 for anything but a short straight lever, but it looks like someone did.

 

[Twin_Turbo]

Seen the hone-o-drive pop up on ebay from time to time, usually goes for crazy money, here's one currently on tha bay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bald...ryZ33733QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[guru]

Didnt autogear make an overdrive for a muncie?

 

[Belgian1979vette]

I am more interested in that curved shifter.

I have one that originally came with the hurstshifter, but it is to long to work good in a vette

 

[TheSkunkWorks]

Didnt autogear make an overdrive for a muncie?

http://www.gearvendors.com/aghr4sm.html

...but at the cost, might as well just do a TKO 600.

 

[Belgian1979vette]

There is more to this than it shows I would think. It would let you use for instance a close ratio trans that offers the added strength of the gearspread and add a fifth gear reduction. As far as I understand it, it would also offer you an additional reduction going from 1-2 or 2-3 or 3-4 th.

But it still is expensive and I would like to see how it fits a vette.