The signs you guys...the neon signs...looks like they got pulled over in a bad area! Actually this is a question regarding the early Chrysler semi auto...ever seen one in a Hot Rod??? Would one have to be on one or the other aforementioned substances to use one?? Pics or explanations - thanks
I remember driving one of those slushboxes way back in the late 50s. My recollection is vague but I'm pretty sure that I was under-impressed. The takeoff from a standing start was rather mild and the antithesis of anything to do with "hot rodding". There is probably a good reason that manual transmissions were automatically the go-to in every hot rod of the day. (Pun intended.) I guess some of those transmissions may have been put in because they came with an engine and that's all the youngster rod builder had. But they were only used long enough to drive the shortest distance to get the closest manual trans available.
Ha ha yeah I get it! How about poor youngsters nowadays? sort of interested in the fact it's a 2 spd like a powerglide but also '50's 4 spd auto like a hydramatic w overdrive...
In a 4,500 pound Limo type ride? or in a little rod that weighs 1,200 pounds on the front and 300 on the rear? ....I bet it would at least light the tires if ya popped that clutch....for road trips you have that top end overdrive
The guy beside ya is double clutchin some old glass straight cut gears and all youre doin is lifting off the gas for a sec and pop youre in overdrive!...see ya later
Must be a hell for Boring day in BC to come up with that. I just remember seeing that photo long before the internet came about or probably wasn't even thought about.
well you had a look... even though you had nothing on the M6 speaking of the internet it's very difficult to find anywhere to discuss old engines with old transmission in old cars these days...shouldve wrote turbo 350 or 5 spd otherwise you get crickets
There used to be a drugstore in Green River, Wyo, may still be there. Anyway, they featured guns, drugs, and liquor, all in the same store, right next to a strip joint.
That actually inspires me .... we have guns for sale at the local hardware store .... Drugs across the street. Maybe I should start a strip club in our small town .... give me something to do in my retired life.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/best-trans-behind-early-hemi.722046/ Oh god not this rabbit hole again
That photo brings back memories. I can recall when police officers didn't wear body armor and carry automatic weapons....ah, the good old days of peace and harmony.
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