69 GTO 3 Speed Transmission

[RPOL88]

What 3 speed did Pontiac use in the 69 GTO? Thank you in advance. Tom.

[69 Post Sedan]

From what I found. .....they used a Dearborn M13. That was the standard manual transmission.

Kurt

[Fast67VelleN2O]

The GTO 3 speed manual transmission was based on a Toploader Ford unit. Here is one I recently had.

[jannes_z-28]

Pontiac had to buy 3-Speeds from Ford because GM hadn't any that could handle the torque.

[PeteLeathersac]

Besides Pontiac, weren't factory 3-Spd manuals in other A-Body cars the same units?
Like the one in that orange '69 L35 Chevelle someone had here a few years ago or the '69 L78 Chevelle sold at Mo Carter's dealership that appeared here too, a yellow car I think?
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[bigsixman]

I realize the early BOP cars used the Ford top loader 3 spd, but did they not use the HD Muncie 3 spd in 1969 like the Chevrolet? It is a very heavy and strong full syncro 3 spd that was introduced in 1968 as the M-13 and I believe that it had a 2.41 low gear ratio.

The dirt circle racers in our area used that transmission through the 70s and 80s because it was very strong and reliable.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

In 1969 the GTO used the toploader.

[bigsixman]

Thank you Fast67VelleN20.