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Old January 12th, 2014, 01:14 AM
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Default Re: hydramatic 4speed auto

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Originally Posted by GMCDAC View Post
Hey Tommy and everyone, I'm bringing this back up as I have a question about the hydramatic differences. This is a 60 or 61 GMC but the indicator looks much different overall. Is there a top piece that is broken off or removed? Every truck I have ever owned older than 1970 was a 4 speed clutch type so I have no knowledge of them besides what I read here.

When I took that pic a while back i didn't think to take a better pic of the indicator so I had to crop it out of a larger one.

Thanks---DAC
Doug I can remember in many of the "cheaper applications" if you will, the shift indicator was almost entirely plexiglass with metal side supports, as in the truck you found. Very much of an add on appearance. Lots of Powerglides (or Pow-r-Flows?) on Chevys had this type of shift indicator. It was plexiglas with side metal on my folks' '60 Bel Air, '64 Impala, and '66 Chevelle 300 Deluxe (all Powerglide of course).

Here is a shot of a '60 Bel Air for example... however the B-O-P's and Cadillacs had their indicators in the dash. I suppose when the interiors were styled, those GM vehicles that would have a huge chunk of manuals produced got the add-on shift indicators (?)
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