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 ...

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, ...

Jim Walker of Transmission Specialists checks parts for installation. All parts in above shot were required to adapt '52 Hydra-Matic to the '56 Chevy V8. We've just found out how to have your cake and ...

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, ...

Pity the poor Powerglide. The two-speed automatic, when introduced in 1950, brought automatic transmission availability to lower-priced cars and became ubiquitous in Chevrolets of the 1950s and ’60s.

You’ve probably cursed a balky gearbox on the road, but some transmissions shrug off abuse […] ...