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When you say Buick "Dynaflow", it's like saying "Chevy engine". Some still mistakenly refer to the early '60s aircooled Buick Dual Path- as well as ALL Buick trannys up until the Turbo Hydramatic came out, for that matter- as a "Dynaflow". | When you say Buick "Dynaflow", it's like saying "Chevy engine". Some still mistakenly refer to the early '60s aircooled Buick Dual Path- as well as ALL Buick trannys up until the Turbo Hydramatic came out, for that matter- as a "Dynaflow". | ||
| − | There were a lot of iterations of the Dynaflow- beginning w/the early 1948-'49 version that acted something like a hydraulic version of a CVT tranny (it did have two "speeds" | + | There were a lot of iterations of the Dynaflow- beginning w/the early 1948-'49 version that acted something like a hydraulic version of a CVT tranny (it did have two "speeds"; selecting LOW would get you about 50 MPH, then you manually selected DRIVE). |
By about 1953 the "Dynaflow" was replaced by the "Twin Turbine Dynaflow", which then became the "Variable Pitch Dynaflow", around 1955. | By about 1953 the "Dynaflow" was replaced by the "Twin Turbine Dynaflow", which then became the "Variable Pitch Dynaflow", around 1955. | ||
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