• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

What might this be?

Dartn440

Well-Known Member
Local time
11:01 PM
Joined
Sep 5, 2013
Messages
171
Reaction score
86
Location
North Carolina
No idea what this belongs to. From what I can tell it does not match up to the intake on RR hood inserts. Orange pinstripes, no markings I can find.

IMG_8033.jpeg


IMG_8034.jpeg


IMG_8035.jpeg


IMG_8036.jpeg


IMG_8037.jpeg


IMG_8038.jpeg


IMG_8039.jpeg


IMG_8040.jpeg


IMG_8041.jpeg
 
Looks like a hood "Fresh Air" airbox to me... Custom made??
 
Agree….the mystery is for what? I have found a few corvette parts and some ford stuff in the parts hoard….
 
I was going to say it's for a Pontiac Formula 400 (twin hood scoops up forward).
 
More weird stuff. Was halfway stoked when I pulled this out today as I was rummaging through another tote full of parts. Ran the number and it is all over the place. Put pics up on a Ford site and a reply said it was for a 4 speed OD in a Granada. Not saying the guy was wrong but Granada didn’t pop up anywhere I looked.

IMG_0018.jpeg


IMG_0020.jpeg


IMG_0021.jpeg


IMG_0022.jpeg


IMG_0023.jpeg
 
More weird stuff. Was halfway stoked when I pulled this out today as I was rummaging through another tote full of parts. Ran the number and it is all over the place. Put pics up on a Ford site and a reply said it was for a 4 speed OD in a Granada. Not saying the guy was wrong but Granada didn’t pop up anywhere I looked.

View attachment 1948689

View attachment 1948690

View attachment 1948691

View attachment 1948692

View attachment 1948693

The part number shown on the shifter base is a Ford format number. The number breaks down as follows:

  • D = 1970s decade
  • 7 = Introduced in 1977
  • D = Model family: Falcon (1960-69), Maverick (1970-74), Granada (1975-82), LTD (1983-later).... With 1977 introduction, family is Granada (1975-82)
  • B = Engineering office: Overseas Product Engineering
  • "-" = separator
  • 15546 = base part number within the foregoing
  • "-" = separator
  • AA = Part revision level
The following image shows the shifter in a 302 powered 1977 Granada:
Screenshot 2025-11-15 6.24.57 PM.png


"ITM" denotes Inland Tool Machine, which was part of General Motors. Inland made some shifters for other brands including Chrysler.

NOTE: I am not a Ford person, but I have delved into their numbers before and I do like the structure and formatting that they used.
 
Last edited:
I remember Inland shifters in 1966-early 1968 B-bodies. They were a mess. They had a distinctive "acorn" shaped knob and a pull-up toggle to get into the Reverse gate. I once built a "phantom" 1967 Coronet R/T 3- seat wagon, complete with 440 and 4-speed. I was careful to build it as authentically as Chrysler could have. To this end, it had a bucket seat interior with "Buddy" seat. I sourced a long non-console Inland shifter lever and adapted it to a Hurst shifter guts, under the floor, to continue this factory look. I understand that Brewer's offers a conversion kit, now, to do this same thing.

scan0002[2].jpg


scan0003[1].jpg
 
Back
Top