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What year did Chevy install the overdrive transmission in their cars?
1946 Chevy 3100 1/2 Ton Pickup Purchased 11/18/17 Sold 9/20
1948 Chevy Fleetmaster Coupe, Purchased 6/20/2010
1965 Chevy ll 350 Purchased Feb 2021. 3-speed Saginaw Hurst Floor Shifter 3.08 Rear End
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1955 and up to 1968 or so.
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Thanks Gene. I thought it was 55.
1946 Chevy 3100 1/2 Ton Pickup Purchased 11/18/17 Sold 9/20
1948 Chevy Fleetmaster Coupe, Purchased 6/20/2010
1965 Chevy ll 350 Purchased Feb 2021. 3-speed Saginaw Hurst Floor Shifter 3.08 Rear End
2019 Ford Ranger Lariat Super Crew
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With the new "open drive line" introduced in 1955, Chevrolet started offering the Borg Warner R-10 overdrive in passenger cars and light trucks. Chevrolet was the only GM product line that featured this option. Borg Warner made between 7 and 8 million of these units that were sold to 22 different car manufactures. Borg Warner would mate their R-10 directly to the manufacturers 3 speed manual transmissions. While many internal parts are similar, the R-10 cases were unique to the manufacturers specs. There was also a R-11 that had 4 planetary gears for heavier duty applications.
I've driven my car almost 30,000 miles
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Chevrolet never offered with high performence engines or big block cars but was available on smaller trucks ith 3 speeds.
I converted my 1957 245 HP to overdrive and the 4,11 diff. and was the best combination for power and economy I ever had in my cars.
Gene Schneider
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