-----Original Message-----
From: Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
> ...was a VW Automatic Stick Shift. There may have been alcohol
> involved. I never did quite figure it out.
A strange creation indeed. Microswitches in the shift lever were supposed
to detect when you grabbed it, and automagically disengage the
vacuum-operated clutch. The torque converter took care of stopping and any
speed mismatch, so the clutch could simply be engaged fairly rapidly when
you let go of the lever.
==AM==
That was not all that different than the optional "Standrive" (Standard 10) or
"Triumatic" (the version in the US Triumph 10)!
I think that the major difference was that the Standrive/Triumatic didn't
really have a torque converter as such; rather, some
really bizarre, clever clutch setup.
==AM==
All things considered, I'd rather have an A-type <G>
==AM==
At least in theory, one could have had both on a Standard / Triumph 10, with a
Laycock overdrive behind the Standrive /
Triumatic gearbox -- a seven-speed "automatic"!
--Andy Mace
*Mrs
Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a
jet, it's more your, er, Triumph Herald engine with wings.
--
Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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