Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars

 

That's right!  RR was actually making them in England under license, and so had the opportunity to make modifications.  My father told me that story eons ago.  I just wondered if it was really true....

Mark in Lakewood, CO

From: "john public" <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:56:46 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars

 

I remember reading that RR destroyed a few Turbo-hydramatics by polishing the interior  channels, which were designed to have  irregular surfaces to create turbulence in the fluid.

--- On Tue, 8/30/11, Mark in Lakewood, CO <beeser750@q.com> wrote:

From: Mark in Lakewood, CO <beeser750@q.com>
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 11:25 PM



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.

(Hydra-Matic was also used by Hudson, Nash, even arch-rival Lincoln.)

Mark in Lakewood, CO

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