Re: Re: NAC Big V8/brake lights

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

I want to amend something I said in the last post I sent on this 
subject:
While Cadillac, did, indeed, offer Hydramatic for the first time in 
1939, It was offered on Oldsmobiles in 1938.

 George Graves
'86 GTV-6

On Sunday, Feb 16, 2003, at 22:50 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:42:10 -0700
> From: bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)
> Subject: Re: NAC Big V8/brake lights
>
> At 2:26 PM 2/16/03, Tony Sims wrote:
> > > I'm sure its a factor, but the big, low revving American cast-iron
> > > engine came out well before the automatic transmission.
> The GM Hydramatic first appeared in the '30's. Although the Ford 
> flattie
> V-8 came out in '32, the Olds "Rocket" V-8 ('47) is generally 
> recognized as
> the "first" of the big iron V-8's.
>
> Chrysler also did some things with automatics in the '30's.
>
> Greg
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