Re: Synchros?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/9/29 13:54:12

Packard first offered column-shift in 1939 as an option and it was a popular option and quite inexpensive except for the Twelve where if memory serves it was very expensive, in the range of $250 or so. This was due to the very different nature of the Twelve transmission which essentially dated to 1932 whereas by 1939 all the other cars had more modern and much simplier transmissions that were much more adaptable to the column conversion.

I believe the Warner trans was a T-85 but can't help you with whether Warner Gear, Borg Warner, etc. The T-85 was a very rugged transmission used by several other makes, including AMC on the V8s. I'm sure others will have more information,.

Someone will promptly correct me if my memory is wrong but I think Packard's first offering of overdrive was 1939.