Re: NAC Big V8/brake lights

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

> 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.

Nope, Tony Sims didn't wrote that. George Graves did, I just quoted his
message in my response.

Tony

> 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.
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