Told ya this was gonna generate some serious discussions....lol
So like um....anybody know who invented the Auto box? <----cheap trick to defuse the heated debate

 

Looks like the honours go to the Yanks on this one guys.....

JC
The first automatic was invented in 1904 by the Sturtevant brothers of Boston. It provided two forward speeds that were engaged and disengaged by the action of centrifugal weights without need for a foot-operated clutch. As engine speed increased, the weights swung out to engage bands -- first the low-gear band and then the high-gear band. The unit failed because the weights often flew apart.
The next significant attempt at an automatic transmission was by Reo in 1934. Called the Reo Self-Shifter, it was actually two transmissions connected in series. For ordinary driving, one unit upshifted itself automatically in relation to car speed through the engagement of a centrifugal multiple-disc clutch -- much the same idea used by the Sturtevants. The second transmission was shifted manually and was used only when a lower gear was needed.
In 1937, Buick and Oldsmobile came out with a transmission called the Automatic Safety Transmission. it had a conventionally clutch for shifting the transmission into forward or reverse. Once in forward, the transmission shifted automatically by using two hydraulically operated planetary units -- one for LOW gear and one for DRIVE. The unit was the forerunner of the GM Hydra-Matic, which was born in 1938.
The Hydra-Matic consisted of three planetary gearsets that were operated hydraulically. A fluid coupling was used to connect the engine and transmission. Credit for perfecting the fluid coupling goes to Chrysler, which developed the concept in 1937. However, Chrysler did not make use of it until 1941, when the Chrysler Fluid Drive transmission was introduced. This was not an automatic unit, but a standard transmission with a fluid coupling, not a clutch.

By 1948, the automatic transmission had evolved into the hydraulic torque converter that we know today coupled to a planetary geartrain. The first to use the converter was Buick. The '48 Buick Dynaflow, as it was called, was the model for present-day automatic transmissions. Others soon followed with similar units -- Chevrolet Powerglide, Fordomatic and Merc-O-Matic in 1950; and the Chrysler M-6 Torque Converter Automatic in 1951.

 

Dear Mod, you rock the thread !
What a huge info

 

Lol.......cheers

JC

 

Oh brother...
the little things that amuse the masses...

 

indeed

 

masses are asses ....I am not saying this lol

 

You called bro?

JC

 

Wow, you went from his PR guy to his brother? Don't let the next step be lovers...let me stop! JAJA

 

Aww Biggie......wassup bro.........lol
You seem to have this thing about man love bud.........I've gotta admit, I'm kinda worried [sm=insomnia.gif]........ Jim >>>[sm=laughat.gif]Biggie

JC

 

ROTFL! "Jim >>>[sm=laughat.gif]Biggie " Too funny!

 

Hey 04.....I wasn't havin a go at Biggie.
I love im really, gotta make up, don't wanna fall out with a fellow mod n all

Biggie>>>[sm=kissykissy.gif]<<<Jim.............Just otc Biggie buddy, don't want you gettin the wrong idea n all....lol

JC

 

LMAO!! You always put a smile on my face bud! I owe you one...I really needed a good laugh. It's been one of those days! Much love...in a manly kind of way! JAJA

 

Cheers bud........wassup, hard day at the office? ( no pun intended - honest ) otherwise I woulda typed orifice instead of office....lol
And hey, we all have em, bad days that is, just try not to let the bast*rds get u down.( Again - no pun intended)

JC

 

A guy went to beach . His dad asks :
-Boy, how was the bitch ?
-Just awesome .You would've seen how fun we did

Pun indeed lol

 

Much better day today! jaja! Thanks guys. Wifey did all possible to keep me happy yesterday!

 

Ahhh..........now all becomes clear.......Biggie wasn't gettin any....lol
Don't worry Biggie, its a guy thing, we all get like that after a longspell of enforced abstinence....rofl

JC

 

abstinence....NEVER! Not even for consequitive days!

 

Proud of you bud..........Been there, seen it, done it.........1990 sumthin though I think......lol

JC

 

Guys, carry on the stuff