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Re: Gyromatic Transmissions

To: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>, <ardunbill@webtv.net>,
Subject: Re: Gyromatic Transmissions
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:38:27 -0700
I think my mom's was a Hoover?
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Dincau <jdincau@QNET.COM>
To: <ardunbill@webtv.net>; Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Gyromatic Transmissions


> And as I remember if you got ahead of the OD and pushed the gas too soon
it
> would go back into direct with a VERY LOUD CLUNK!
> Jim in Palmdale, who painted scallops on his 52 Dodge with a vacuum
cleaner
> spray gun (crude very crude).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
> To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Gyromatic Transmissions
>
>
> > Yeah Dick, I remember as a kid in the early '50s, Chrysler Corp had
> > their whole lineup on this transmission setup for a few years, even
> > their '51-'52 or later Chrysler Hemis.  I drove a couple cars with it
> > then, and it worked fine, just kind of pokey about the low to high
> > shift, then into the OD, since you took your foot off the gas each time.
> > Bill
> >
>


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