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transmission Archive
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CC Tech: Inside Buick’s Turbine Drive (Twin Turbine) Automatic Transmission
Posted on April 7, 2025 | 31 CommentsThe auction listing for this attractive Tampico Red 1961 Buick Electra 225 convertible claims that it has a “column-shifted two-speed automatic transmission.” As you may already know if you’re a […] -
Lincoln’s Liquamatic Drive History
Posted on May 30, 2019 | 50 Comments(first posted 6/19/2013) I have long been fascinated with the many stops and starts that eventually led to the automatic transmission as we know it today. We are likely all […] -
CC Rental Review: 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan – Old Faithful
Posted on October 17, 2018 | 61 CommentsIn my recent review of the 2018 Kia Sedona, I mentioned that one of the terms of the rental provided by my Kia dealer was that I could not take […] -
QOTD: What Was Your Best Automotive Repair Diagnosis?
Posted on February 15, 2018 | 54 CommentsSome here at CC are accomplished mechanics, whether as professionals or as hobbyists. Others of us, while mechanically inclined souls, are no threat to those who keep our cars running […]
![CC Tech: Inside Buick’s Turbine Drive (Twin Turbine) Automatic Transmission The auction listing for this attractive Tampico Red 1961 Buick Electra 225 convertible claims that it has a “column-shifted two-speed automatic transmission.” As you may already know if you’re a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1961-Buick-Electra-225-convertible-RM-Sothebys-front-3q.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![Lincoln’s Liquamatic Drive History (first posted 6/19/2013) I have long been fascinated with the many stops and starts that eventually led to the automatic transmission as we know it today. We are likely all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1942-Lincoln-Ad031.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Rental Review: 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan – Old Faithful In my recent review of the 2018 Kia Sedona, I mentioned that one of the terms of the rental provided by my Kia dealer was that I could not take […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018DodgeGrandCaravanFeature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Was Your Best Automotive Repair Diagnosis? Some here at CC are accomplished mechanics, whether as professionals or as hobbyists. Others of us, while mechanically inclined souls, are no threat to those who keep our cars running […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mercury-marquis-wagon-07-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Question: A New Lincoln Pushbutton Transmission? Not too many folks under fifty have memories of automatic transmissions with pushbutton controls in lieu of a shift lever. The pushbuttons became somewhat of a fad in the mid […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pushbutton_trans.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


