The Diecast Zone · Model Car Club Since 1994
Diecast Collector Forums
Eight forums, every scale, and thirty years of shop talk — new arrivals, restorations, reviews, and the finds you won’t see posted anywhere else, with the full archive back to 2002 restored and searchable. Free to Register.
8Forums
195,000+Topics
1,276,000+Posts
10,000+Members
Notifications
Clear all
28/08/2021 6:51 am
My '53 Plymouth had hy-drive, which was different. It actually was a standard transmission with a clutch pedal and a torque converter. It didn't shift automatically, but it was possible to leave it in third and drive away without using a clutch. It also held the car steady on hills by using a little more gas pedal. The transmission shared the oil with the engine and an oil change required 11 quarts of oil.
It was a real performance DOG, but sweetness when on a date, because my right arm was free to securely hold that little fox close to me - further enabled by the bench seat. Speaking of bench seats . . . I hated them when they came out because it meant social distancing was forced.
28/08/2021 1:04 pm
My '48 Dodge had "Fluid Drive", Go up a hill in third gear and about half way up the car could not climb any more so it actually started to roll back down the hill in third gear with the engine more or less at idle rpm straining to move the car as I had it floored.