Eight speeds?. Never let the facts get in the way of a good yarn. I recently sold a saginaw o/d three speed (broken) Back to the same dealer that I had purchased it from (in working condition) some 25 years prior for the same 75 bucks at a Fort Worth swap meet- when he sold it to me 25 years ago he said the same thing about the solenoid being hard to find. When he bought it back he said it was not the "hard to find" saginaw solenoid but an earlier one--hmmmm? Still, it worked fine for me and a good return on my money.