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Originally Posted by init4fun
Ever actually driven one ?
My 53 Buick with the straight 8 and Dynaflow transmission was a great running/driving car and the "slushbox" slur is in my opinion undeserved ......
PS , To Brian , Great car that Packard , you'll have a lot of fun with that one  |
"Slushbox" isn't a slur; the transmission is fluid coupled. It's a "slushbox" by design.
I've driven two: a '49 and a '52. The straight engine is nice, and I'll say that the Dynaflow gives very smooth acceleratio. That's where my praise ends.
Buick always had garbage styling, the Roadmaster I drove handled poorly, and a Dynaflow equipped vehicle accelerates too slowly and wastes gas doing it.
Oldsmobile's Hydramatic transmission was vastly superior. The engineers at the Pontiac, GMC, and Cadillac divisions apparently agreed.
Even Chevrolet's Powerglide was more efficient than Buick's Dynaflow.
All that said, Packard's Ultramatic was a better transmission than Hydramatic, Dynaflow, or Powerglide, with the exception of rather serious reliability issues.
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