Why GM's CHEAPEST 2-Speed REFUSED To Die - The Powerglide!

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  @MuscleCarMasters68 · 2 months ago (edited) · pinned

  Why Chrysler ABANDONED Disc Brakes For This! <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFrswbJrH0">https://youtu.be/luFrswbJrH0</a><br>Why The FORGOTTEN Imperial Was SECRETLY The Most Advanced Car!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoH-yJ1X2c">https://youtu.be/MNoH-yJ1X2c</a>

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  @hawkdsl · 2 months ago

  Man, I miss GM so much. Wish they were still around today.

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  @ronmerkle3696 · 2 months ago

  I&apos;ve built hundreds of powerglides over the years. Used to convert Chevys to 400s in the 70&apos;s and 80&apos;s and discard the glide because nobody wanted them. Then converter technology started to change and the glide was back. Now the dominant trans is racing. I run a 1.96 glide in my 68 Firebird, or a 400. They both run mid 10s in the quarter mile, but the glide is more consistent. With the bolt on bellhousing,Fords, Mopars, even Mazda rotaries race a glide!

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  @6catalina0 · 2 months ago

  The GM Powerglide was bulletproof. The GM bean counters were idiots to kill the Powerglide.

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  @James-bp7vc · 2 months ago

  We had dozens of cars with the trusty PowerGlide, I have overhauled hundreds of automatic transmissions TH400 TH350 C8 C6 TF6 TF8, but very rarely a PowerGlide, mostly reseals on those, they just wouldn’t break.

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  @dehnpeterson5650 · 2 months ago

  Thank you for your interesting and Very Well Done history lesson! Old guy here: who was deep into street racing in the early 70&apos;s &amp; don&apos;t recall anybody running a Powerglide then. Might still &nbsp;be great today for bracket racing, but Turbo 400&apos;s (plus of course the upgraded GM powerplant under the hood &amp; rear gears) is what let us leave the other guys behind 55+ years ago 😉! <br>So Happy &amp; also Blessed to have survived this long and still reminisce about the great muscle car era in my reckless youth.

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  @tonystidham4564 · 2 months ago

  I had a &apos;66 Chevelle that had a Powerglide behind a 283 V8. A friend had a &apos;70 Nova with a 230 6 cylinder and Powerglide

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  @Greatdome99 · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSC040Lek-c&amp;t=315">5:15</a>: The Turboglide was NOT a three-speed, but a variant of Buick&apos;s shiftless Dynaflow.

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  @stevecochran2677 · 4 weeks ago

  I bought the nicest 63 Chevy impala I have ever seen in 1981. It was all original with a 327 and a power glide. I was in high school and at 16 years old knew very damm little about a power glide and was skeptical about it . Once I started talking to my older drag racing friends they all told me that Trans is one of the best you could get in the day and it won&apos;t come apart on you and you can&apos;t tear it up. They were right . Best damm car I ever owned and I have been kicking my self since the late 80s when I sold it.

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  @chrisjarvis4449 · 2 months ago

  the aluminum pg was a beast first few years had a rear pump so it could be push started ! the ones with the holes in the bell housing are air cooled and there was one with a manual valve body no auto shift

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  @muffs55mercury61 · 2 months ago

  I&apos;ve had several old Chevys with Powerglides and they were all trouble free. &nbsp;If I were to look at one today and someone subbed it with a later transmission, I would walk away.

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  @davidcole2685 · 2 months ago

  Had a 68 impala with the powerglide transmission it was indestructible! 168k miles when I &nbsp;sold it to a young fella in 1975 and saw it still running around in 1980 when I &nbsp;got out of the Marines and visited home again.

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