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The World's first mass-produced automatic transmission, the 1940 Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic 4-speed automatic transmission. Learn the history, components, operat...
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The Oldsmobile Hydramatic not only looks good, it plays an important role in transmission history. Yes there were automatic transmissions before it, but the ...
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- Vehicle Hunter
May 16, 2014 · Combining a Fluid-Drive-style fluid coupling (not yet a torque converter) to the AST almost seemed a no-brainer after working out the bugs with the latter, and indeed, Thompson’s team followed the project through until they had their fully automatic transmission, the Hydra-Matic, which GM’s Detroit Transmission Division began to produce in May 1939 and then to ship to Oldsmobile that ...
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Bob Elton gives a talk on the technical history of early Hydra-matic transmissions, from the very first 1940 Oldsmobile, through the front wheel drive transm...
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Jan 30, 2019 · Here’s Oldsmobile’s pitch for the 1942 Hydra-Matic. General Motors got a sizable jump on the industry in 1940 with the introduction of Hydra-Matic Drive, the first practical fully automatic transmission. Developed by GM engineering wizard Earl Thompson and crew, the feature was adopted by Oldsmobile in 1940, Cadillac in 1941, and Pontiac in ...
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Jun 23, 2021 · In October of 1939 the full Hydra-Matic was introduced as a $57 option on the 1940 Oldsmobile, and Cadillac followed in 1941. Versions of the Hydra-Matic saw action in U.S. fighting vehicles in World War II, including the M5 Stuart and M24 Chafee tanks.
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Hydramatic. A Hydra-Matic Drive transmission, produced between 1939 and 1956, on display at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum. Hydramatic (also known as Hydra-Matic) is an automatic transmission developed by both General Motors ' Cadillac and Oldsmobile divisions. Introduced in 1939 for the 1940 model year vehicles, the Hydramatic was ...
