I have a early 65 coupe with a c4 auto and it has D 2 1 But I have a friend with the same car and his has a little dot then a big green dot then 1. He said he puts it is the 2nd postion for drive. Can any one tell me about this? Which is right? Is the tranny different?

Thanks Ed

 

Do you both have the stock shifter bezel? I've never seen what your friend is talking about.

The tranny is most likely the same, but the shifter thing itself is what seems to be different.

Have you got any pics?

 

the one with the dot is correct. it was called the "green" gear. supposedly is geared for better traction, in the rain and whatever else.

this is the one you have:

 

this is the green gear one:





same exact tranny, no differences at all. mine has the green gear indicator, and its a 65

 

check out this page for other views

http://www.svs.com/zim/mustang/64interior.html

 

the dot one is your standard drive gear... geared the highest.

1 only has 1 gear in it, and the green gear has 2 gears.

hope that clarify's something up for ya

 

hmm....mine isnt green.....wierd....and I have this one.

 

you have that shifter layout and you dont have the green dot???

 

No wonder it would not shift thought I had tranny problems.
Here is a shot of mine.

 

yup! i usually run her in the green gear until about 50 mph or so.... then shift it into drive so it will go into that 3rd gear and cruise right along.

 

nope...its just an "O"...no green dot in the middle....this green dot busniess is new to me.


I remember this thread about a '65 vert....looks like he doesnt have a green dot in his "O" either....

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showth...ighlight=shift

 

Maybe yours just faded???

 

ok....so I got the car out for a drive today....and I'll be Damed...it IS GREEN! Very faded, but green nonetheless!....The glare off of the shifter must have kept me from seeing it all these years....WOW...I'm blind...

 

im not sure what the shifter bezel without the green gear is for

maybe later years. or a different car...

cause all the literature i have ever read tells about the C4 with the green gear for 65-66 stangs

 

Haven't gotten my '66 out in a while, but here's what I recall about the operation of the 'green dot' transmission. If you put the shifter in the 1st dot after neutral, D in later years, the trans will do a 2-3 shift. But if you put it in the 'green dot' position it will shift 1-2-3. Also, the valve body is different in the 'green dot' C-4 and the later C-4. kennyg

 

maybe a new set of beer goggles?