La mejor TRANSMISIÓN AUTOMÁTICA de la historia

Automatic Gearbox, Hydramatic Automatic Transmission 1940, General Motors History, Classic Automotive Engineering, American Automotive History, Classic American Cars, Oldsmobile History, Classic Cadillac, Automatic Transmission History, Detroit Engineering, Mechanics Explained, Rolls-Royce Transmission, WWII Military Tank Mechanics, GM Hidden History In 1940, General Motors launched something no car buyer in the world had ever seen: a fully automatic transmission for a mere $57. No clutch pedal, no gearshift lever, no learning curve. You put it in drive, and the car did the rest. Inside that cast-iron casing was a fluid coupling, hydraulic planetary gear trains, and a valve brain working together to achieve something most engineers of the time believed impossible to mass-produce. It was called the Hydramatic. And it was so well-built that in less than two years, the U.S. Army decided to put it in military tanks. But this isn't just the story of a brilliant transmission. It's the story of how that same brilliance became a problem. Because on August 12, 1953, a welding spark at the Livonia, Michigan plant ignited the most destructive industrial fire in American history, bringing Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Lincoln, Nash, Hudson, and Kaiser to a standstill simultaneously. Five manufacturers. One single transmission. That tells you everything you need to know about what GM had built, and about how dangerous it is to build something too well. Inspired by: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automatic Transmission: How Does It Work? How Does an Automatic Transmission Work? (Animation) Automatic Transmission Operation (6HP-26) What Does an Automatic Transmission Look Like Inside? - [TECHNICAL - GEBOX - POWERART] S02-E26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #mechanics #classiccars #detroit #generalmotors #automotivehistory TAGS: automatic transmission automatic gearbox automotive history automatic transmission Hydramatic GM General Motors history automotive engineering classic American cars 1940s Oldsmobile classic Cadillac Detroit history mechanics explained cars of the 40s cars of the 50s automatic transmission history automotive history V8 engine Rolls-Royce transmission military tanks mechanics World War II cars 1953 Livonia fire THM400 history automatic transmission history planetary gears hidden engineering rare cars history automotive curiosities GM hidden history classic cars history hidden mechanics planetary transmission cars Vintage Car documentaries Forgotten cars History of American cars Engineering explained Collector cars