Down memory lane - Slushboxes

[SVXphile]

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I have this mental picture of Randy making the sign of the cross and backing slowly away from the monitor....(and I don't even think he's CATHOLIC!) Don

[SVXphile]

Daddy had a '55 Caddy with a 3-speed automatic with overdrive...(4 speed auto?)
...also had a '58 Imperial with pushbutton tranny on the dash....and a 392 hemi under the hood... Don

[SVXphile]

Hmmmm....good question there Ron. I really haven't a clue, but I'll hazard a guess.
Rolls Royce? Don

[Ron Mummert]

Originally posted by dromano
syncromesh?

Nope. Although, it makes me wonder who produced the first manual that could be pulled into first from second without being at a dead stop. Ron.

[dromano]

Originally posted by Ron Mummert


Nope. Although, it makes me wonder who produced the first manual that could be pulled into first from second without being at a dead stop. Ron.

In my youth I had a 60 Impala with 4 on the floor. I could down shift to first any where below 25mph, I had a 3.70 diff ratio. I could down shift to 2nd just below 60 mph.

[Ron Mummert]

Originally posted by SVXphile
Daddy had a '55 Caddy with a 3-speed automatic with overdrive...(4 speed auto?)
...also had a '58 Imperial with pushbutton tranny on the dash....and a 392 hemi under the hood... Don

"Mah Daddy had a Caddy wif an Automaddy". (Only in WVA, folks!)
The dash push buttons on Chrysler products were mechanically linked.
Packard had an electronic (solenoid) push button steering wheel stalk in '56, I think.
With regard to the European automatic. HINT: I DON'T KNOW! Rolls Royce would make sense, but I don't really consider it to be truly "massed produced". The Automatic Stick by VW, late '60's?
Opel perhaps, with its GM connections? Mercedes? Remember the DAF with its Justy-like rubber band?
Back to the Studebaker - The one I have in mind was a '49 or '50; the one with the bullet nose & "greenhouse" rear window. Another neat thing it had was a starter button under the clutch pedal. But no - that's not what made the "three-tree" unique. I'll give you old pharts 'til friday PM to get this one. Ron

[dromano]

Originally posted by Ron Mummert


"Mah Daddy had a Caddy wif an Automaddy". (Only in WVA, folks!)
The dash push buttons on Chrysler products were mechanically linked.
Packard had an electronic (solenoid) push button steering wheel stalk in '56, I think.
With regard to the European automatic. HINT: I DON'T KNOW! Rolls Royce would make sense, but I don't really consider it to be truly "massed produced". The Automatic Stick by VW, late '60's?
Opel perhaps, with its GM connections? Mercedes? Remember the DAF with its Justy-like rubber band?
Back to the Studebaker - The one I have in mind was a '49 or '50; the one with the bullet nose & "greenhouse" rear window. Another neat thing it had was a starter button under the clutch pedal. But no - that's not what made the "three-tree" unique. I'll give you old pharts 'til friday PM to get this one. Ron

I remember that starter button under the clutch peddle, felt like steping on a big snake!!!

[Ron Mummert]

OK - for all three of you who actually knew what a Studebaker was, here's the deal. At least on the '50, you could "pre-shift" it. That is take off in first normally, don't depress clutch, but shift the column lever into second. Guess what? No grinding noises! It's still in first. Now pop the clutch. It's now in second, etc. This car belonged to a friend, & I never drove it. I assume you could go from third to second in the same manner, but I don't remember. I also don't remember what the advantage was, except for those who can't walk & chew gum at the same time it was a blessing. Sorry - no winner of the coveted fanny pat award.