What kit did this trans cone from

[junkyardjeff]

I picked up a couple of that I think are a Ford O Matic trans and would like to know what they came from so I can get more,I have never built a kit that had this trans since most seem to have manual trans.  Fits better then a C-6 and more correct for earlier builds that need a automatic and cam be used as a FOM,COM or FMX depending on the era.  I put this one behind a FE and those trans were put behind small blocks.

[Mark]

That looks like the Lincoln automatic from the Revell Thunderbolt kit.

[junkyardjeff]

The rebuilder I picked up has a manual trans so I did not know there was a automatic option.

[Mark]

Few Thunderbolts kept those original automatics.  Most were converted to manual transmissions immediately.  The word about the automatic got out quick, racers who were allocated a car would try to get a manual.

[Mark]

I visited one of my brothers yesterday; he gave me a pile of magazines.  Among them was a February 2022 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines.  That issue includes an article on one of the 100 Thunderbolts, with some commentary by its original owner.  The car was an automatic as delivered to him, but Ford gave him the parts to convert to a four-speed along with the car.  Apparently they knew right off the bat that the automatic wasn't going to cut it.