RE: Button safety? Racers?

[Richard Kinsley <r.kinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Earl Helm wrote:
> 
> The really cool thing that Art Carr came up with was not the 
> push button mod he did, but the ClutchFlight trans he made. 
> Torqueflight with a clutch. Now, this is going to spin a few 
> younger folks out. Worked good in the day since torque converters 
> were not what they are today. It was great for street racing. Of 
> course we did not understand torque multimation that well then.
> 
> Earl
> 
> Carl Sing wrote:
> > 
> > There was a company back in the sixties that made a push button box 
> > for shifting ease, if i recall right it was a company called Art Carr 
> > Carl
> > 
> > 1964 Hemi Fury
> > 1968 Plymouth Cuda Fastback
> > 1974 Dodge Van
> > 1994 Dodge Spirit
> > 2003 Dodge 2500 Hemi
> =====================================================================
> 
> Yeah, Art Carr was the primo torqueflight dude. He has a funny looking
> little pedestal that sits on the floor and houses the buttons. Art Carr 
> is
> still around, at least the company, but I don't know if they have the 
> stands
> anymore. Although I did see one a few years ago at cruise night on a bad
> Plymouth. 
> 
> 
> Rich Kinsley  '64 Polara 4 dr 318poly w/goodies
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The old "Fluid drive" in my '49 Dodge reminds me of the clutchflite in 
that it was a 3 speed stick with a fluid coupling (torque converter) so 
you could stop and start in any gear without the clutch but you used it 
to shift gears. 



Rich Kinsley  '64 Polara 4 dr 318poly w/goodies


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