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Originally Posted by bill dedman
Deuce coupe...
Here is a copy of a post I wrote back in 2007 that may help you with your article., The thread it comes from (one from December, 2007) has lots of posts from knowledgable people whose posts you might want to investigate.
This is my contribution to that thread:
"NHRA allowed the 4-speed HydraMatic in Chevy sedan deliveries and El Caminos from about 1964 until they pulled the plug on all the "Dual-Range" 4-speed HydraMatics somewhere arounf 1972 or '73....not sure of the exact dates.........
This is a link to that earlier thread: http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=8410
Hope this helps! |
Bill,
Thanks for that old Dec.2007 link:
Great history on transmissions & NHRA.
I gather from your comments:
1. Nobody drag raced a TurboGlide (or very few & not for long), fairly easy to see.
2. On the Roto / SlimJim - why was it so slow, isn't it just a simpler Super/Jetaway 2-coupling Hydramatic?
3. I had assumed folks like Lloyd & Carol Cox (61-62 Ventura/Cat) would have run the Roto, cant find that info, do you know? Or did they run the bigger-car Super Hydramatic?
Good pics of Lloyd & Carol & Cars:
http://www.dragracingonline.com/feat..._11-cox-1.html