[ihc] RE: Automatically David

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Early R series autos were Hydramatics, then the Hydramatic factory burnt
down :(

S series had Detroit Gear/Borg Warner autos. Plenty stout, variants of which
were used behind everything up to and including the 392 into '72. All of
them shifted *automatically* when put in 'D', no manual shifting required.
There was a 'dual range' version, with D1(1st to 2nd gear) and D2(2nd to 3rd
gear) shift positions. A version with a lockup converter had a Sales
Engineering brochure published, AFAIK no one's documented any actual
installations.

Jim

From: David Raistrick <keen@domain.elided>
Subject: [ihc] 50's 120 automatics?

Hey guys.

Just browsing the ads and saw this one:

http://www.collectorcartraderonline.com/caddetail.html?/ad-cache/10/4/0/6581
3940.htm

3/4 ton with an automatic.  I'm not a particular fan of automatics, but
I'm curious how solid these old autos are?  Any thoughts on them?