Hone-O-Drive?

[Stoner Dan]

Apologies if this has been discussed here before (as I'm new to the board and haven't gone back through all the pages in this forum yet), but I'm looking for any info, pics, etc. on old Hone-O-Drive overdrive units.

From what I've seen, the 300-series unit is the universal style and they're hard to come by. Anyone know much about these things? I've been looking for one ever since I first heard of them about a year ago and I think it' be the perfect, era-correct addition to my '73 F250 project.

Looking forward to hearing from you guys on this!

 

[Fordzilla80]

I've heard about them before. The universal ones are definitely hard to find, some guys spend years trying to find one. This was discussed somewhere else, but not here. I'll see if I can find a link for you.

 

[m78]

You might want to go with a Gear Vendor unit. You would be able to get parts for it if needed

 

[Mil1ion]

http://www.stangerssite.com/honeodrive.html

 

[BKW]

A friend of mine has a Hone O/D on his 1967 Shelby GT 500.

There is a separate shift lever used to shift the unit into O/D.

 

[Stoner Dan]

Yeah, I've heard that these units were favorites of RV guys and muscle car guys, for obvious reasons. Since I'm going for a period-correct resto on my truck, I wanna find one of these vintage units and since they're so hard to find, it makes me want one even more!

I first heard of these things over the summer from an old guy who said he had two or three of them that he used in his trucks, so that's what got me going on trying to find one.

 

[Stoner Dan]

Hey, guys ––*found one on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...sPageName=ADME:B:SS:MOTORS:1123#ht_500wt_1182

SALTY!!!!

 

[m78]

Hey, guys ––*found one on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...sPageName=ADME:B:SS:MOTORS:1123#ht_500wt_1182

SALTY!!!!

Are you going to buy it ?

I wonder if you turned it around if it would work as a gear reduction.

 

[dragogt]

3k plus shipping, doesn't seem to bad considering a GV is about that..

 

[Stoner Dan]

It's a little too steep for me, right now. As long as it's a Model 300, it's the universal one that can be used on our trucks. But it's NOS, apparently, so that's worth something, for sure...

 

[dragogt]

http://www.gearvendors.com/prices.html

 

[LEB Ben]

http://www.gearvendors.com/prices.html

Holy crap...Just checked one out for a C6/205 combo...them suckers have jumped in cost considerably since the last time I was actually looking at them. About 5 years ago, I recall them being in the $2300 range...mighta been $2395, but damn...$6-700 in 5 years.

 

[dragogt]

Yep, and what bites is the fact they they don't work in 4wd..

 

[m78]

Heres a gear vendor for a C6
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GEAR...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories