<VV> POWERSHIFT Discussion

[lechevrier at earthlink.net]

Trying to get back to Corvairs -- transmission related even --

In 1963, as part of the Pontiac Tempest (remember - "rope" drive, rear transaxle, sorta Corvair-ish) anyway, Pontiac had a Super Duty Tempest drag race program using the 421 SD motor and apparently this trick custom "Powershift" transmission that was "essentially two Corvair Powerglide two-speed automatic transaxles mounted inline to offer four forward speeds. The actual nuts and bolts of the project was handled by combining off-the-shelf parts with more than 200 new components unique to this design and then casting a new case to hold it all together." (from auto.howstuffworks.com)

I understand these transmissions are very rare, originally numbering around a dozen or less -- anybody ever seen one?

Bill Strickland