Hey guys. Long time reader here. Name is DaltonRichards. I am the editor of Blacktopranger.com an enthusiast site that I pretend is a functioning business. I am a classic car legacy child. I have a 64 Cadillac DeVille and 1955 Ford Mainline Police car. Looking to get to know y'all better!
Hi Dalton, I like your taste in cars! My first car back in the '80s was a '64 Cadillac. Very nice car, quite a plain one with no A/C cruise control etc. which suited me just fine. The 429 engine with the Turbo 400 trans is a great powertrain.
Welcome from Indiana. Where ya from? How bout some pics of that police car? Regards, Randy Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Yea I have the flyaway trans which is a bit of an oddball but I enjoy it. just finished the rebuild on the 429
I also had a '63, with the old style transmission which I didn't like so much. It may have been called a "Jet-away" or similar, a four speed I think. But it had a "fluid coupling" instead of a torque convertor. The torque convertor gives torque multiplication so much better acceleration from a stop. I gave or sold the '63 to my brother who got rid of the car when the trans gave out, as it was just too much to rebuild it. I guess the change to TH400 was midyear 1964?
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