Posted by Eric Hartman on September 22, 2011 at 20:20:29 from (12.175.230.54):
I have a 1953 Super M Farmall which is apart and in the process of rebuilding and restoring. My question involves the gear shift lever and excuse me if I am not using proper terminology. My Super M has the gear shift lever which has what I would call a single "bend." I have seen some models of the "M" with what I call a crooked gear shift lever, which as I recall, has two "bends." I seem to recall seeing a Super M with this same type of gear shift lever, too. Can anyone give me an indication of why the different gear shift levers and what the purpose was? Secondly, what tractors would have, or should have had this crooked gear shift lever with the two "bends?" I have talked to a couple friends of mine who are pretty knowledgeable about Farmalls, but this question stumps both of them.
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