1984 Jeep Wagoneer
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Cruise-O-Matic: Part One
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abcomatic
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Louis, great series, I had a 1926 Buick Standard 4 door sedan and I have a 1959 Continental now.
Glad you like Gary...
'59 Continental. Be still my heart!
'59 Continental. Be still my heart!
1904 Haynes Tonneau
1905 Locomobile Touring
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1910 Gaeth Tourabout
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1916 Willys-Overland Six
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1924 Hudson Super-Six
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1929 Dodge Six
1931 Auburn Cord
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1937 Oldsmobile Eight
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1941 Studebaker
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1948 Packard
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1954 Ford
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1958 Edsel
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1960 Rambler Ambassador V-8
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1968 Pontiac Firebird
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Louie, thank you for these. Reply #74 is special meaning. 1954 is the year I was born. I finally got to come home from the hospital in August and my parents got an end-of-the-year new 1954 Ford station wagon that brought me home. We had that wagon until it was replaced with the 1960 Kingwood wagon, also procured in August.
1974 Chevrolet Impala Custom Coupe
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1977 Mercury Monarch
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1980 Buick Electra
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1982 Lincoln
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You're welcomed Bob. I came home in a 61' Impala 4 door. Earliest car I can remember since my dad kept it until 1965.
In January 1968 I took my drivers license test in the neighbors 1961 Chevrolet Nomad Station wagon. It had a 348 V8 and Tubro Hydra Matic, not Powerglide. I went to Point Arena, Calif. to take my test. There was only one stop sign in the whole town. The examiner was more interested in the car than my driving, relating to me that he used to own on just like it and wished he’d never sold it. At one point I looked at the speedometer and realized I was doing 35 in a 25 and thought I’d failed the test. He just, said, “Kid, I like the way you drive, take me back now”. I got 100 pts and my license.
Eddie
Eddie
My neighbors up the street had a '61 Chevrolet Brookwood station wagon in Arbor Green for several years. I saw one just like it going down the road a few weeks ago - probably to one of the several cruise-ins in the area.
appliguy
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It had a 348 V8 and Tubro Hydra Matic, not Powerglide.
Eddie unless the original transmission in that 1961 Nomad was replaced at a later date... I think the transmission was Turbo GLIDE which was offered as a 3 speed alternative to Powerglide offered from 1957 to 1961. PAT COFFEY
Eddie unless the original transmission in that 1961 Nomad was replaced at a later date... I think the transmission was Turbo GLIDE which was offered as a 3 speed alternative to Powerglide offered from 1957 to 1961. PAT COFFEY
Yes, Pat you are correct, it was a Turbo Glide. After I posted, I realized that Chevrolet’s 3 speed auto was a Tubro Glide, not Turbo Hydra Matic. I did know it was a Turbo something though.
Eddie[this post was last edited: 10/10/2018-17:09]
Eddie[this post was last edited: 10/10/2018-17:09]
Turboglide
It gets technical, but this article explains that Turboglide was not exactly a three speed transmission as we normally think of them, but a triple-turbine transmission that used torque multiplication only for acceleration— there was in effect only one forward gear, even for descending hills!
https://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/hydramatic-history-part-2/5/
It gets technical, but this article explains that Turboglide was not exactly a three speed transmission as we normally think of them, but a triple-turbine transmission that used torque multiplication only for acceleration— there was in effect only one forward gear, even for descending hills!
https://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/hydramatic-history-part-2/5/
vacerator
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The Turboglide
was troublesome. Buick called their version the Flight Pitch. Their were several transmissions all called Hydramatic's, as it was GM's division which made them all.
A few could even be push started, because they had a front, and a rear pump. Those were history by the late 1960's.
The 2 speed Powerglide was the most reliable and efficient before the 3 speed Turbohydramatic 350, and 400's debuted.
There was one called the Slim Jim, one called Roto-hydramatic used in the '60-'63 B.O.P. compact cars, a Super Roto-hydramatic, often confused as a Slim Jim, as both had an emptying fluid sump from first to second gear.
Check out Charlie Tranny site. He explains them all well enough, and has some nos/rebuild parts as well.
was troublesome. Buick called their version the Flight Pitch. Their were several transmissions all called Hydramatic's, as it was GM's division which made them all.
A few could even be push started, because they had a front, and a rear pump. Those were history by the late 1960's.
The 2 speed Powerglide was the most reliable and efficient before the 3 speed Turbohydramatic 350, and 400's debuted.
There was one called the Slim Jim, one called Roto-hydramatic used in the '60-'63 B.O.P. compact cars, a Super Roto-hydramatic, often confused as a Slim Jim, as both had an emptying fluid sump from first to second gear.
Check out Charlie Tranny site. He explains them all well enough, and has some nos/rebuild parts as well.
IIRC our 1960 Impala had a Turboglide transmission. It sure gave a smooth ride!
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