The trans in my '57 fairlane is starting to slip after about 5 mins of driving.  If I put it in 1st and start out slow it's ok, but if I just hammer on it in drive it squeals.   The plate says "Ford Automatic Transmission, 103D-150896, Marvel Schebler Prod. Div., Borg-Warner"  Haven't been able to locate any information on it, is it an original ford-o-matic??

I talked with a local shop, and the guy was very familiar with the 50's fords and said he could rebuild them in his sleep (unfortunately i didn't have the number information when i spoke to him)

Is it worth it for me to rebuild it?  He said it would be about $800 to pull it apart and go through the whole thing.

I got the car 2 summers ago, and while it didn't run when i got it, its slowly turning into a great running car.  I've got a 312 w/ holley 570 street avenger on 1" spacer, MSD dist/blaster coil/ignition control/timing control, headers to 40 series flowmasters w/ rear axel dumps.  I'm looking to do intake and cam next - I want to build a fast car, but i don't want to rebuild the trans only to trash it again.  Any thoughts or recommendations???  I'm doing some body and paint work and then maybe i'll get a picture up.  I've got tons of questions and a lot to learn, but that's enough for this post.  Thanks in advance for your help! - John

John: Lake Forest, IL



'57 Fairlane 500 - Looking better every day.