history · FF-0564

When did the column shift come in, and what is a side shift?

Ed calls the design primitive and says he will have to look up when it was originally designed. It is a side shift, which means a column shift. On camera they are not sure when the first column-shift car came: 1939 had a shift on the floor, and they think it could have been 1940.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

column shift and side shift

Applicable scope

Ford three-speed column-shift transmissions; years as recalled on camera