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The World's First Mass Produced Automatic Transmission - Part 1 - Introduction and History.
TIMELINE:
0:00 Introduction
0:51 General Description
3:50 Major Components
7:10 Identification Tag and Patents
8:05 Earl A. Thompson
10:40 The Synchronized Manual Transmission
18:05 The Automatic Safety Transmission
18:56 The Fluid Coupling and Oliver K. Kelley
19:40 The 1940 Hydra-Matic
21:31 Coming up in Part 2 - Internal Guts and Gear Components
ABOUT US:
Weber State University (WSU) - Department of Automotive Technology - Transmission Lab.
This video is part 1 of a 5 part series. This video series tells the development history and shows the actual components and operation of a 1940 - 1955 General Motors Hydra-Matic 4-speed Automatic Transmission.
This transmission design was used by Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Pontiac, Lincoln, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Willys, Nash, Hudson as well as the Cadillac-powered M-5 light tank during and other military vehicles World War II.
This video was created and edited by Professor John D. Kelly at WSU. For a full biography, see http://www.weber.edu/automotive/J_Kelly.html
DONATE TO OUR DEPARTMENT
Please consider a donation to the Department of Automotive Technology at Weber State University here: http://advancement.weber.edu/Automotive
The World's First Mass Produced Automatic Transmission - Part 1 - Introduction and History.
TIMELINE:
0:00 Introduction
0:51 General Description
3:50 Major Components
7:10 Identification Tag and Patents
8:05 Earl A. Thompson
10:40 The Synchronized Manual Transmission
18:05 The Automatic Safety Transmission
18:56 The Fluid Coupling and Oliver K. Kelley
19:40 The 1940 Hydra-Matic
21:31 Coming up in Part 2 - Internal Guts and Gear Components
ABOUT US:
Weber State University (WSU) - Department of Automotive Technology - Transmission Lab.
This video is part 1 of a 5 part series. This video series tells the development history and shows the actual components and operation of a 1940 - 1955 General Motors Hydra-Matic 4-speed Automatic Transmission.
This transmission design was used by Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Pontiac, Lincoln, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Willys, Nash, Hudson as well as the Cadillac-powered M-5 light tank during and other military vehicles World War II.
This video was created and edited by Professor John D. Kelly at WSU. For a full biography, see http://www.weber.edu/automotive/J_Kelly.html
DONATE TO OUR DEPARTMENT
Please consider a donation to the Department of Automotive Technology at Weber State University here: http://advancement.weber.edu/Automotive
