Technical Studebaker automatic trans

Anyone have any knowledge whether the bell housing of a 53 studebaker automatic transmission which is a borg warner transmission will bolt to a early fordomatic ,as both seem similar in the borg warner design

 

Try ford transmission forum

 

The '53 Studebaker V8s used the Borg-Warner DG200, a very advanced three-speed transmission with a lockup torque converter. It turned out to be too expensive to produce and by 1956 was replaced by the Borg-Warner shared with Ford, known there as the Fordomatic.

jack vines

 

thank you for the reply and infomation

 

I'd always thought that Packard had the first regular production auto transmission with a lock-up torque converter with their "Ultramatic". According to Curbside Classics, Studebaker beat them by a year or two.

The link below will give you some more details about the operation of the Stude's Borg-Warner DG transmission as well as some other early auto transmission designs.

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/aut...0-advanced-in-some-respects-not-so-in-others/