1958 Cabriolet Vin #150256 Please contact me

[Ibrahim Kuzu]

Owner of the 58 Cabriolet Vin # 150256 has my 1958 Speedster's Transmission
Please contact me.Would like to reunite with the speedster.
Thank You,
Ibrahim Kuzu
" 4 Cam Cooling "
Mem # 5145
phone # 214 460 0144

[Jim Alton]

Interesting. My Cabriolet is very close to 150256 and it has Speedster gears.

[Ibrahim Kuzu]

Information I got that this 58 cab sold in Ebay December 2012
Wonder how to get the info that far back from Ebay.????
IK

[Jim Alton]

Sebastian Gaeta seems to be a master of E-bay...

[Jay Wiener]

Interesting. I have 150551. How can you tell if the car has speedster gears? My car is a Super, #s matching

[Vic Skirmants]

Jay; the ratios are stamped on the bottom of the trans on the forward rib of the housing.

[Adam Wright]

I-
There are guys who sell the last few years of sales on ebay in the form of a disc, normally on ebay ironically, you might be able to acquire one of these discs and get the info on the sale of this car from 2012.

[Jim Alton]

Interesting. I have 150551. How can you tell if the car has speedster gears? My car is a Super, #s matching

What you actually see on the bottom spine of the transaxle are four letters. The little spec book has the actual ratios.

Normal is BBBC
Speedster is BBAB
Carrera is BBAA
356SC is BBBD

[Jim Alton]

Here are the actual ratios which I took from the little spec book a while ago:

Normal
B 1st gear is 11:34 or 3.09 to 1
B 2nd gear is 17:30 or 1.76 to 1
B 3rd gear is 23:26 or 1.13 to 1
C 4th gear is 27:22 or 0.81 to 1

Speedster
B 1st gear is 11:34 or 3.09 to 1
B 2nd gear is 17:30 or 1.76 to 1
A 3rd gear is 22:27 or 1.23 to 1
B 4th gear is 26:23 or 0.88 to 1

Carrera
B 1st gear is 11:34 or 3.09 to 1
B 2nd gear is 17:30 or 1.76 to 1
A 3rd gear is 22:27 or 1.23 to 1
A 4th gear is 25:24 or 0.96 to 1

356SC
B 1st gear is 11:34 or 3.09 to 1
B 2nd gear is 17:30 or 1.76 to 1
B 3rd gear is 23:26 or 1.13 to 1
D 4th gear is 27:23 or 0.85 to 1

At 3,500 rpm a C fourth gear gives about 74 mph while a B {Speedster) fourth gear gives about 68 mph. An A fourth gear (Carrera) gives only 63 mph and a D fourth gear (356SC) gives about 71 mph.

Of course, nobody would cruise at 3,500 rpm in a Carrera.

[Ibrahim Kuzu]

Jim,Adam,
Thank you.Will check in to it...
IK