The Ford Barn - View Single Post - Henry Ford wanted an automatic trans for the A

freak · 05-23-2014, 11:41 PM

Just finished reading Charles Sorensen's book "My Forty Years with Ford". A great read! One neat thing was that Charlie said Henry wanted a fully automatic transmission for the A. He couldn't figure out how to do it and relented to the sliding gear trans that Edsel wanted. Charlie said that if Henry had the torque converter it would have been an automatic.

05-23-2014, 11:41 PM	#1
freak Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Pemberville, Ohio Posts: 457	Henry Ford wanted an automatic trans for the A Just finished reading Charles Sorensen's book "My Forty Years with Ford". A great read! One neat thing was that Charlie said Henry wanted a fully automatic transmission for the A. He couldn't figure out how to do it and relented to the sliding gear trans that Edsel wanted. Charlie said that if Henry had the torque converter it would have been an automatic. Last edited by freak; 05-24-2014 at 08:41 AM.