Automatic Transmissions

[Invective]

A bit of a history lesson, for me anyway. Thinking Ford's first in-house automatic transmission was introduced in 1949? Nope, Ford sourced the GM 4 speed Hydramatic transmission for the Lincoln only from 1949-1954. Originally installed behind the 5.5L flathead V8 and later behind the 5.2L OHV V8.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3gScmeZEis


Lincoln switched over to the in-house Turbo Drive transmission for 1955. Ford introduced the in-house Ford-O-Matic and Merc-O-Matic transmissions for 1951 models.

https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/550118/

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/ford-o-matic-transmission/

[FordNut]

I recall an old Mercury I had that had an automatic. Once I ran the battery down and discovered you could bump start it by pulling it with another car and dropping it out of neutral into gear.