Who invented the FIRST fully automatic transmission?

[MikeMike]

just wonderin if ATOT has this knowledge without going to google.

and then who invented the first fully automatic transmission that made it to a mass produced vehicle?

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Chrysler?

 

[jacc1234]

It was a pickup Truck I think.

 

[virtueixi]

It was I back in the go to a whore house and get some for 1/2 a cent day.

 

[MikeMike]

no, no, yea it was back then.

 

[Howard]

I'm thinking Olds or Buick... Stupid mind. :|

 

[Pepsi90919]

nobody here will admit to driving an automatic so you won't get many responses

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Howard
I'm thinking Olds or Buick... Stupid mind. :|

it was launched in an olds (the second question was, but this was not the first auto tranny)

 

[Sheepathon]

Oldsmobile

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Sheepathon
Oldsmobile

the first mass-production fully automatic transmissions

you have the second question, now how about the main one!

 

[Hummin]

Some claim Richard Spikes...

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Hummin
Some claim Richard Spikes...

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: Hummin
Some claim Richard Spikes...

Dick?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
nobody here will admit to driving an automatic so you won't get many responses

lol

 

[Iron Woode]

Buick invented the auto for GM; called the Dynaflow.

First true torque converter transmission was made by Chrysler AFAIK.

doh, my feeble brain.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Buick invented the auto for GM; called the Dynaflow.

First true torque converter transmission was made by Chrysler AFAIK.

doh, my feeble brain.

Fluid Drive referred to the fluid coupling between the engine and the clutch, and had nothing to do with the transmission. Depending on year, Chrysler offered the Royal, Windsor and DeSoto DeLuxe with Fluid Drive and the normal 3-speed manual. This was also the only way Fluid Drive was offered by Dodge prior to 1949. Fluid Drive first appeared on the 1939 Chrysler Custom Imperial, and spread to the rest of the Chrysler line in 1940, and then the DeSoto and Dodge in 1941

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Buick invented the auto for GM; called the Dynaflow.

First true torque converter transmission was made by Chrysler AFAIK.

doh, my feeble brain.

Fluid Drive referred to the fluid coupling between the engine and the clutch, and had nothing to do with the transmission. Depending on year, Chrysler offered the Royal, Windsor and DeSoto DeLuxe with Fluid Drive and the normal 3-speed manual. This was also the only way Fluid Drive was offered by Dodge prior to 1949. Fluid Drive first appeared on the 1939 Chrysler Custom Imperial, and spread to the rest of the Chrysler line in 1940, and then the DeSoto and Dodge in 1941

GM had the first mass produced Auto, known as the HydraMatic.

it was a frenchie who had the FIRST about 6 years prior to the HydraMatic

 

[MikeMike]

bump

 

[boggsie]

Al Gore?

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: boggsie
Al Gore?

that was the internet, not the first auto transmission!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: AStar617

Originally posted by: Hummin
Some claim Richard Spikes...

Dick Spikes? Ouch...

 

[OrganizedChaos]

the word hydramatic comes to mind but i'm not sure who made it or when.

 

[RiDE]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
nobody here will admit to driving an automatic so you won't get many responses

that's because all the self proclaimed experts are here.

 

[Accipiter22]

me

 

[jadinolf]

I did but I'm too shy to take credit for it.