| JayChicago | -- 02-28-2022 @ 9:20 AM |
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History lesson for me: The latest V8 Times has an article about a special-ordered 1942 Mercury Wagon, made just before war shut-down. Said "was ordered with a Liquamatic Equipped Motor & Transmission" I assume that means an automatic transmission. I didn't know any Ford products had automatic transmissions back then. Was an automatic trans available in Lincolns? Mercury? Was it a true automatic, or just a fluid clutch like Chrysler products?
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| woodiewagon46 | -- 02-28-2022 @ 11:21 AM |
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If my memory is correct there was an article in the V-8 Times about early Ford automatic transmissions. I don't think they worked out too well.
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| 42wagon | -- 03-02-2022 @ 3:19 AM |
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Yes, its true. You can google it for the details. It was offered and just as quickly withdrawn because of problems. Approximately 7 or 8 hundred Mercuries and maybe 6 Lincolns were built with it. Dealers were ordered to replace them with conventional transmissions and ship the liquamatics back to Ford. All dealers did that except for one. That transmission was found in 1971 and currently is at the Ford museum in Auburn. So does the wagon featured in this issue of the times still have the liquamatic transmission or not. If it does it may be the only car so equipped.
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| JayChicago | -- 03-03-2022 @ 7:49 AM |
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42wagon Thanks for the info. Interesting bit of Ford history. As I'm sure you have seen by now, its just a two page feature article focusing on the how/why the special order wagon was built. No info on current condition of the car other than it went thru a restoration in 2010. But with your interest in 42 wagons, you might want to reach out to the author.
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