I remember driving a neighbor's '50 Chevy with this 1st Powerglide. It was an absolute SLUG when accelerating from a standing start. I think for '51 they added low gear to the drive position which helped a lot, but still only 2 gears.
Reminds me of Lisa Douglas learning to drive. Although Oliver Wendell Douglas owned a Lincoln she said it was a 'Prindle' because of the shift indicator on the steering wheel column.
Good video showing us why we need to maintain the transmission fluid and change the filter. BTW, My Dad bought a 1951 hard top line the first car in the video.
We had a standard 1950 Chevrolet - three on the column - a six under the hood - it lasted until 1959 when it threw a rod on the way home from Atlantic City area at one in the morning. Back Jersey roads, darker than ink - no cell phones.
Back in the day you could replace the engine in one of those cars for under $100. If you didn't blow a hole in the side of the crankcase, a set of rings and bearings was about 20 bucks. And just about everybody knew how to do it! My dad replaced a rod bearing on the side of the road with a piece of his belt. You drained the oil into a bucket took off the oil pan replaced the bad bearing with leather, put the pan back on, put the oil back in and drove it another thousand Miles back Palo Alto California. He sold the car for more than he paid for it. Still had the leather bearing! LOL The dude said he had a good engine from a crashed car so no biggie!
This thing appeared in late 60's early 70's Novas called a semi automatic it offered two speeds but did not self shift . It cost about $ 50.00 less than a conventional powerglide it did not sell well and was dropped after three years , at the time the Volkswagen Beetle offered a similar set up and sold somewhat better , I drove one of these and it was major slug but it was offered for around 5 years .
This also essentially explains how the Buick Dynaflow works. (The Powerglide and Dynaflow were different mechanically from the Hydramatic) Given the OHV engine and the enclosed "Torque tube" drive shaft, adding Powerglide really made the 50 Chevy more related to Buick than Cadillac or even Pontiac.. And historically, this makes sense. Louis Chevrolet drove race cars for Buick at the very start of General Motors.
The Koenigsegg Regera is a 1750+ HP Chevrolet Powerglide with 3 electric motors - 2 driving the rear wheels directly and one on the crank ahead of the torque converter for even more electric torque. It has a lockup clutch that locks at the point where the wheels catch up to the engine. So if you thought this was old tech, well in the hands of Koenigsegg, it is a monster of a car. th-cam.com/video/QaEpYc3YLz4/w-d-xo.html -- The Regera 0-400-0 record! And look at the acceleration : It is the 0-400-0 record holder, reached 400 kmph in 1439 m, standing mile 250 mph, in 20 seconds, beating the all electric Rimac Nevera on the climb from 300-400 kmph. But let's never forget the Powerglide, that started it.
The Canadian version was much faster, obviously as the Canadian Horseshoe Falls are much larger and far more powerful than the American Falls at Niagara.
The rear axle center clearance of a 1950 Chevrolet (all models) was 8.5 inches. That compares very favorably to a modern SUV, i.e. 2021 Chevy Tahoe is 7.9 inches. A 2021 Malibu has 4.6 inches. Cars got lower as roads got better, people drove faster, the 1970's fuel crisis hit, Ford Explorers flipped over, and CAFE standards got tightened.
Multiplies power, huh? Who doesn't love technology that defies physics? Maybe marketing should have gotten a little more input from engineering on the script. Oh well. Interesting film from the post-war era of optimism where technology was going to make everything better.
They substitute the word "power" for Torque, but they are kind of right...gears do multiply torque, which is what actually does the work, at the expense of rpm. Since power is defined as the capacity for work, there is more power available at lower rpm. Horsepower will do no work, as it is just a calculated figure; torque turns stuff.
@@direktorpresident Power is the rate at which work is done, as in torque multiplied by rpm. Nothing multiplies power, which is constant, minus whatever inefficiencies are in the system. Torque and rpm are multiplied at inverse proportions. The transmission allows the engine to either do more work slower or less work faster.
This film was for the laymen, not physicists. "Power" as used in this film means torque. There was no "lying". I'm pretty sure that the average car buyer of 1950 knew what they meant.
I remember driving a neighbor's '50 Chevy with this 1st Powerglide. It was an absolute SLUG when accelerating from a standing start. I think for '51 they added low gear to the drive position which helped a lot, but still only 2 gears.
A huge step in the process of perfecting the automatic transmission.
Seeing the old days of automatic transmission - wow!
Reminds me of Lisa Douglas learning to drive. Although Oliver Wendell Douglas owned a Lincoln she said it was a 'Prindle' because of the shift indicator on the steering wheel column.
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that happens in an episode of the Suite Life of Zack and Cody when London Tipton, hotel heiress, is learning how to drive lol
Not gonna lie...I didn't see "Niagara"when I first glanced at the thumbnail...
Good video showing us why we need to maintain the transmission fluid and change the filter. BTW, My Dad bought a 1951 hard top line the first car in the video.
We had a standard 1950 Chevrolet - three on the column - a six under the hood - it lasted until 1959 when it threw a rod on the way home from Atlantic City area at one in the morning. Back Jersey roads, darker than ink - no cell phones.
Our 52 three a rod also. It also got about 25 miles to quart. Great for mosquito control.
Back in the day you could replace the engine in one of those cars for under $100. If you didn't blow a hole in the side of the crankcase, a set of rings and bearings was about 20 bucks. And just about everybody knew how to do it! My dad replaced a rod bearing on the side of the road with a piece of his belt. You drained the oil into a bucket took off the oil pan replaced the bad bearing with leather, put the pan back on, put the oil back in and drove it another thousand Miles back Palo Alto California. He sold the car for more than he paid for it. Still had the leather bearing! LOL
The dude said he had a good engine from a crashed car so no biggie!
Keen. Very keen
Awesome! 💪🏽🦬
Hahaha! I'm not sure how I missed this one but, you're preaching the truth here Ary! I've lost rivers of ATF from these early cast iron glides!
The follow-up model was the Viagra on Wheels - with automatically reclining seats...
This thing appeared in late 60's early 70's Novas called a semi automatic it offered two speeds but did not self shift . It cost about $ 50.00 less than a conventional powerglide it did not sell well and was dropped after three years , at the time the Volkswagen Beetle offered a similar set up and sold somewhat better , I drove one of these and it was major slug but it was offered for around 5 years .
This also essentially explains how the Buick Dynaflow works. (The Powerglide and Dynaflow were different mechanically from the Hydramatic) Given the OHV engine and the enclosed "Torque tube" drive shaft, adding Powerglide really made the 50 Chevy more related to Buick than Cadillac or even Pontiac.. And historically, this makes sense. Louis Chevrolet drove race cars for Buick at the very start of General Motors.
Stiff rear axle with leaf-springs.....! Just like the old horse carriage,
All the jokes about"slip and slide with Power-glide", after adding a low gear, it proved to be a simple reliable early automatic.
WHAT ON WHEELS?!?!
The Koenigsegg Regera is a 1750+ HP Chevrolet Powerglide with 3 electric motors - 2 driving the rear wheels directly and one on the crank ahead of the torque converter for even more electric torque. It has a lockup clutch that locks at the point where the wheels catch up to the engine. So if you thought this was old tech, well in the hands of Koenigsegg, it is a monster of a car.
th-cam.com/video/QaEpYc3YLz4/w-d-xo.html -- The Regera 0-400-0 record!
And look at the acceleration : It is the 0-400-0 record holder, reached 400 kmph in 1439 m, standing mile 250 mph, in 20 seconds, beating the all electric Rimac Nevera on the climb from 300-400 kmph. But let's never forget the Powerglide, that started it.
A lot to be said about simplicity.
10:34-35 makes it ook like he drives over the waterfall
The Canadian version was much faster, obviously as the Canadian Horseshoe Falls are much larger and far more powerful than the American Falls at Niagara.
9:14 who needs a SUV anyway?
The rear axle center clearance of a 1950 Chevrolet (all models) was 8.5 inches. That compares very favorably to a modern SUV, i.e. 2021 Chevy Tahoe is 7.9 inches. A 2021 Malibu has 4.6 inches. Cars got lower as roads got better, people drove faster, the 1970's fuel crisis hit, Ford Explorers flipped over, and CAFE standards got tightened.
Multiplies power, huh? Who doesn't love technology that defies physics? Maybe marketing should have gotten a little more input from engineering on the script. Oh well. Interesting film from the post-war era of optimism where technology was going to make everything better.
They substitute the word "power" for Torque, but they are kind of right...gears do multiply torque, which is what actually does the work, at the expense of rpm. Since power is defined as the capacity for work, there is more power available at lower rpm. Horsepower will do no work, as it is just a calculated figure; torque turns stuff.
@@direktorpresident Power is the rate at which work is done, as in torque multiplied by rpm. Nothing multiplies power, which is constant, minus whatever inefficiencies are in the system. Torque and rpm are multiplied at inverse proportions. The transmission allows the engine to either do more work slower or less work faster.
This film was for the laymen, not physicists. "Power" as used in this film means torque. There was no "lying". I'm pretty sure that the average car buyer of 1950 knew what they meant.
Any transmission is a torque ( power ) multiplier
Automatic or standard transmissions multiply torque ( power )
@@ASmallThorn I don't think you understand the difference between torque and power. See my previous reply.