1967 Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop Shifter And Transmission Upgrade

Let B&M Racing Bolster Your Classic Ford's C4 AutomaticTech | Transmission Upgrade
Just out of the shop with a fresh coat of Clearwater Aqua paint on our '67 Fairlane 500 hardtop, we're now reassembling the car. The 289 engine in the Fairlane was rebuilt recently, as was the rear axle that's equipped with 3.50 gears. Between the two lives a C4 three-speed automatic transmission. The C4 was working fine when we last drove the car, but we're looking to improve its shift feel and we really don't know the condition of the C4's fluid either. As part of our Fairlane project we have decided to convert the car from a bench seat and column shift configuration to a bucket seat and floor-shifted arrangement, which is more commonly found in the GT. Last time we looked at our Fairlane we replaced the stock steering column with a great tilt steering column and steering wheel from Flaming River, so now we're addressing the question of transmission shifting. Trying to cobble together a factory console would be complicated and expensive and what we really wanted was a simple and cleanly designed shifter mechanism that had a stock flavor to it, making it blend well with our new factory-style interior. We found the solution in the form of the B&M Racing Unimatic Shifter. We felt that is was a perfect column shift replacement because it installs mostly below the floorpan and incorporates a factory looking rubber boot over the carpeting instead of the console assembly found on other B&M floor shifters such as the Quicksilver or Star Shifter models. The Unimatic includes a neutral safety switch, black T-handle, five foot cable and all required hardware.


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