Agreed ! . this was a _fabulous_ transmission and way before it's time , it was used behind L6 engines too to great effect in millions of Commercial Vehicles as it had a 250,000 mile minimum service life.
Fuel efficient too .
Sadly , GM placed ALL their Hydromatic eggs in one basket and when that lone factory caught fine & burned to the ground , that was it ~ they couldn't supply them to FoMoCo for the Lincolns any more , nor the Indie brands that used them .
More's the pity .
-Nate
Mark wrote:
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> Actually, the association goes back much before the Turbo Hydramatic 400, to the original, 4-speed Hydra-Matic of the early '50s. In my opinion, an even better transmission; the only automatic battle-tested in World War II, four of them were installed in the little M24 "Chaffee" light tank.
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> (Hydra-Matic was also used by Hudson, Nash, even arch-rival Lincoln.)
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> Mark
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