First year for Single Rail in Falcon was...

[addo]

No prizes for guessing. I'm looking for a reliable reference.

All part of the bellhousing caper.

 

[PutPut6]

Did you get my pm?

 

[SONNY]

wasn't it 74?

 

[addo]

So, XB? That would mean there are hydraulic single rail bellhousings.

BUT - were they only drilled for single rail, or drilled with the extra hole for the 3-speed as well?

Just wondering if there is a pretty rare bell out there...

 

[Danielson]

Adam I don't know what yera it is from but my XW is running a single rail with hydraulic clucth.
Regards Dan

 

[Fingers]

Sonny is correct on 74, and yes, they were hydraulic, and the bellhousing was single pattern.

 

[addo]

Thanks guys. One more to collect.

 

[xrglen]

lots of wreckers would drill and tap an extra hole on a std 3 speed bell housing and then sell them as 4 speed housings, or multi fit.. cheers

 

[aussie7mains]

Sorry guys first single rail was XA (1972) when the aussie 302 and 351 2vs were made.
As to bellhousings Ive never seen a factor dual pattern setup.
A7M

 

[xdee]

Never seen or heard of a rail in an XA, ever. Even the first of the XB's still had top loaders in them.

 

[SONNY]

i have never seen a factory xa with a single rail.plenty of people put them in nowdays but not from new they were toploaders.

 

[Fingers]

I just checked my XA-XB parts book....the XB was first to use the single rail, but the XB was released late '73. So '73 is it.
The '73 build GT still had the toploader.

 

[Fat289]

XB ran toploader till aprox april 74 if memory serves me correct
( sonny is right )

 

[xdee]

XB ran toploader till aprox april 74 if memory serves me correct
( sonny is right )

Is that you Terry? Heard Wagga was a blast. Congratulations.

 

[Fingers]

Was only the early XB GT with the loader, 200,250, 302, and 2V 351 had single rail right from the start.