[Land-speed] Free trans to good home

DougOdom dlodom at charter.net
Sat Feb 2 13:42:20 MST 2008


John Burk wrote:

>Chevy R&D / Jim Hall tried that combination in their Chaparral CanAm car 
>with a torque converter and the Hewland transaxle .
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>John, I believe that was a modified Powerglide. I saw the unit. The same guy built a 5 speed in a Ford top loader that ran in some road races when you were only supposed to have a 4 speed.   ( nascar)   LOL   was not cheating because they never found it.
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Doug Odom in big ditch

>>Still cleaning up around here. I have a  1953 automatic out of a
>>Chrysler 331 hemi car. Its the one that is a cast iron 3 speed with a
>>converter. I forgot what they called it. Has the safety clutch pedal so
>>you could shift it or fluid drive it.   Its heavy and going to the scrap
>>place if no one wants it.     Doug Odom in big ditch
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