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mich800
Explorer
Jun 12, 2015

Manual Transmission?

Just saw the oddest thing a few minutes ago. Had to go to UPS to pick up a package. There was a half camoed superduty in the other lane. Here is the weird part. When taking off it acted very much like it had a manual transmission. That sudden lift of the front end, settling down than a shift. Maybe the guy was screwing around but it was different. Oh, and it had a side exhaust exiting forward the right wheel. Maybe a Roush vehicle or some other testing being done?

Pure speculation but at least it made the run to UPS interesting.
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    mich800
    Explorer
    Jun 12, 2015
    kennethwooster wrote:
    The Ford auto transmission can be shifted manually. I've tried it but really see no reason for it. If you were looking at an older super duty it may have come from the factory with a standard.


    Definitely not older. We see a lot of prototype manufacturer vehicles around here.

    For that matter it may not have been a Ford. It had a Ford bed the from the cab forward it was camoed. And it had different projector headlights than I have seen on the new and spy photos I have seen so far.
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    kennethwooster
    Explorer
    Jun 12, 2015
    The Ford auto transmission can be shifted manually. I've tried it but really see no reason for it. If you were looking at an older super duty it may have come from the factory with a standard.

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