Re: 1941-42 180 Dash Question

Posted by BH On 2011/11/29 23:33:00

With the debut of overdrive equipment in the 17th Series, they referred to it as "Econo-Drive". Come the 19th Series, it was rechristened "Aero-Drive". Was it just a marketing thing?

Problem was some persistent issues in the Econo-Drive cars were later solved with current production parts from the Aero-Drive cars. I think some of the overlap also stems from the newsletter trying to keep up with older cars as well as late-model during wartime.

Seems like they began referring to it simply as "Overdrive" after 1942.

Then, there's R-9 and R-11.

Very confusing to keep up with when trying to index it all, but I've tried to note "Econo" or "Aero" distinctions, which will become apparent when I pass the 37-42 installment on to BigKev.