You should install this one with velcro. Much easier to change #6....

We have a couple of those in our club - a 77 Ghia, and a King Cobra. Both cars are in immaculate condition. Personally, I was never a fan of the  Gen 2 "red-headed stepchild" models, as I loved the Gen 1 models.
And Sally (Mike) - I had a 1969 Opel GT "mini-Corvette". I loved that car! It was a blast to drive, and it had those manual "flip open" headlights too. If you remember Mr. Tim, he had an Austin Healy that he installed a 289 in. His instrument panel was out of a Opel GT.  When I got married, my wife was driving it, until she got pregnant, and when she no longer could fit behind the steering wheel, I sold it and got a 76 Ford Granada Ghia, which was our family car for eight years until our family grew bigger, and we traded that in on an 84 Country Squire station wagon. The kids loved the rear facing back seat. I wish I still had that little GT.......

"Mopar to ya"!

Can't wait to see the final product in use! I'd like to suggest that you make a How To video, so it can go viral, and every gear head will want to make one!

Rufus68 wrote:

I posted this picture from my computer.  In the upload window there is a "browse from your computer" link that I clicked.  Then I selected the photo and clicked Upload.  It generated the URL code for the picture underneath which I typed this text.  Then I clicked Submit to post the reply.  The same process should work for you.
 

 
 Did exactly as you did and still no joy. That is the  exact way I have done it before, and it worked then. Maybe something in my browser settings....perhaps I will try another browser. 
 

Bullet Bob wrote:

I rebuilt the AOD from the 89 Lincoln donor car in 07 and drove it 40K miles in the 66.  Yeah, the AOD is a strange duck but it worked well for a "driver", as opposed to a "racer".  I used the stock 66 shifter by playing with the lower lever to get the "travel" to match the AOD and it worked well.  I have HI-PO  manifolds and had to custom build the H-pipe to get around the transmission.  Also, you need to buy or fab a new trans mount that is a couple of inches to the rear of stock.  Parking brake mods are also required and a custom drive shaft is also likely due to length and U-joint size. 
In late '23 I rebuilt and installed an '03 4R70W with a Bauman controller.  Used my modified 66 shifter with a 67 bezel and further modified gate stops.  Wiring changes as the 4R requires way more wiring than the AOD.  The 4R is a far superior unit with lower 1st and 2nd gearing (hence the W, for Wide Ratio), it is a true lock-up trans as opposed to the AOD which is, well, different and I won't go into why here.  The biggest issue I have had with the 4R (approx. 10K miles) is getting the Bauman controller tuned to my liking.  It's easy to change the tune with their softwear if you are semi computer literate...I like that and the ability to change it on the fly with someone else driving.  I have the "Quick 2" controller which has less tuning ability but is just fine for a "Driver" but not a "racer".  If you go with the 4R you need to stay with a 98 to 03 from  a 3.8 V6 (I think).  Ford dumped the output shaft speedo drive gear sometime in 03 so you may need to go to an electronic speedo .  Mine is an 03 but it has the drive gear to I was able to keep my EFI Vss and mechanical speedo (thanks Barry for noticing that).  You will also probably want use an AODE (in be tweener trans) pan and filter as most of the 4R pans have a lower "sump" for the filter and it eats about an inch and a half of road clearance....not good!
If you go either way you can

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