2006-07-10 18:17:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Dodge
The Fluid drive was an early attempt at a semi-automatic transmission.
Then came the HY-Drive (Hydraulic fluid drive).
The Hy-Drive was a Chrysler Corporation transmission produced in 1953. It was a hybrid manual transmission with a torque converter like an automatic. Although Hy-Drive cars had a clutch pedal like a traditional manual transmission, it was only used put the car in gear. Once underway, the driver could up-shift and downshift using the gear shift without using the clutch or even lifting off the accelerator.
The industry was caught by surprise by the advent of the automatic transmission in the early 1950s. General Motors' 1948 Hydra-Matic was a smash hit with the public, accounting for 80% of Pontiac division's sales by 1950. Chrysler had previously offered a Fluid Drive torque converter on their manual transmissions, and the Hy-Drive was an evolution of this. It was sold by Plymouth until the fully automatic PowerFlite was available in 1954.
I took my driving test in my uncles HY-drive 53 Plymouth.
Yours: Grumpy
2006-07-11 18:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dodge Fluid Drive
2017-01-03 14:48:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I saw a vintage 1947 Dodge,Fluid Drive,what does Fluid Drive mean?
2015-08-18 23:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fluid Drive Transmission
2016-11-15 09:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by buddemeyer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
. It's not a torque conveter, but a fluid coupling. There's a clutch and a 3 speed manual tranmission. It's main purpose was to smooth out gear transitions.
2006-07-12 05:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO! I always liked the LDS ad on television where it shows the stone rolled away and inside the sepulchre His shroud is neatly folded on the stone... at least Mary raised a neat young man! Personally I'm thinking if I just woke up from being dead and had holes punched in me, I wouldn't be too concerned about the laundry, ya know? I'd be out looking for that bastard Ponchus Pilate and that spear chucking Centurian!
2016-03-22 14:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your everyday run of the mill automatic transmission. Dodge was one of the first, or maybe the first, to try an automatic fluid drive transmission.
2006-07-11 15:55:47 · answer #7 · answered by turbietech 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was what they called the first Automatic trannies and it may have been a copyrighted name for it. Far as I'm concerned it's too bad that moniker didn't stick; it has a nice 'flow' to it, don't ya' think?
2006-07-10 18:40:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Automatic transmission
2006-07-10 18:24:46 · answer #9 · answered by frith25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some of the late '53' Chryslers & DeSotos had the fully automatic, the Powerflite. Production started in June of that year.
2014-07-15 06:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by Gas Eater 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋