Hydramatic (Standard and Dual Range)

• Hydramatic Transmission Police Cruiser 50's
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• Cadillac Hydramatic Transmission

Transmissions by Gene has been doing automatic transmission repair on all types of transmissions for 42 years nationwide. Cast iron Hydramatic, Jetaway AKA Stratoflight, and Powerglide are some of our common monthly units. We also offer transmission soft and hard parts for all transmission 1941 to present.

Also known as Single and Dual Path.

• Turbo-Hydramatic or Turbo Hydra-Matic is the registered tradename for a family of automatic transmissions developed and produced by General Motors. These transmissions mate a three-element turbine torque converter to a Simpson planetary geartrain, providing three forward speeds plus reverse.
• Sep 30, 2020 The hydramatic transmission is one of the most important technological advances in modern automotive history. In fact, this special piece of machinery changed cars forever, and you probably have some version of it in your car today. Without realizing it, this innovation might actually be incredibly important to you.

The Dual Range was introduced for the 1952 model year.

NOTE: This was the 'original' Hydramatic,
but GM called MANY of their later transmissions 'Hydramatic'.

Used 1939-63 in various Olds, Pontiac Cadillac, Hudson, International, Nash, Kaiser and Lincoln models. Also used in GMC and Chevrolet trucks.

(Please note that GM later used the Hydramatic name for MOST of their transmission models starting in 1964)

There were many versions of this transmission and many parts do not interchange among them.

Distinguished from a Jetaway by having no park position and a quadrant of N-D4-D3-L-R and