Duck for cover! It's raining planetaries! In an era when six-, seven-, and eight-speed automatic transmissions are becoming commonplace, it won't be long before planetary assemblies start ...

The powers that be at General Motors and Chevrolet wanted the simple, two-speed gearbox to be a cost-cutting means of getting an economical automatic transmission into Chevrolet cars like the Bel Air, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Powerglide transmission used in Chevrolets and some other General Motors automobiles was introduced in 1950. While it wasn't ...

Every Chevy II Nova owner in the world knows the feeling of a "slip 'n' slide" two-speed transmission. That's because the only option with those early cars ('62-67) was a Powerglide, unless the ...

Each adapter kit comes complete with the correct flexplate for the engine being used, as well as all the hardware necessary to facilitate a quick, easy mating. Chevrolet automatic transmissions are ...

Jack Hardgraves had had enough. A friend bought a Thunderbird "and proceeded to humiliate Jack in front of the crowd at the local dragstrip Sunday after Sunday. The gap wasn't big, but it was there, ...