Water Injection Thread

[Clarence L.Snyder]

Raymond C Drouillard wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:45:05 -0700 bearbvd at sni.net (Greg Hermann) writes:
> >
> >>
> >>Yes, it helps the designer achieve 50/50 weight distribution, but there
> >>are other ways of doing it.  The Corvette engineers did it by putting
> the
> >>engine in the front and the transmission in the back.
> >>
> >Hey--all the Corvette guys did was copy. Alfa's "Alfetta" FI cars of the
> >late '40's did that before there even WAS a Corvette--Not to mention the
> >early Pontiac Tempests, with their "rubber band" driveshafts!!
> 
> OK, Greg... I bow to your superior knowledge of vintage cars :)  The
> oldest thing I ever drove (besides some military vehicles) was my Dad's
> '67 Ambassador Wagon.
> 
> I remember seeing something interesting at my favorite mechanic's shop.
> It was an automatic transmission and differential in one unit bolted
> between the rear wheels (independent rear suspension).  I believe that
> the torque converter was attached to the engine.  It was an American car
> from the '50s or '60s ('60s, I think).  Do you have any idea what it is?
> 
> I also remember seeing an old Lincoln that had a double-cardon on both
> ends of the driveshaft.  I had heard that having a double-cardon at both
> ends will allow the driveshaft to drop out of alignment, but the joints
> on the Lincoln were retained by some pieces of spring steel.
> 
> Ray
> 
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The transaxle was almost definitely a tempest (baby pontiac) of the
early sixties.
As for the double cardon joints on the Lincolns, they were a GENUINE
pain in the posterior. Virtually impossible to rebuild with any level of
success, and expensive as the dickens.