Automatic transmissions are now used in most street machines, street rods, off-road vehicles, and drag race cars. With the addition of recalibration kits and new forward and reversed valve bodies, ...

Every Chevy II Nova owner in the world knows the feeling of a "slip 'n' slide" two-speed transmission. That's because the only option with those early cars ('62-67) was a Powerglide, unless the ...

Think of it this way: The best equipment is only as good as its weakest link. It makes no sense to connect a full-competition trans to the stock column shift. Besides, with its reversed shift pattern, ...

Pity the poor Powerglide. The two-speed automatic, when introduced in 1950, brought automatic transmission availability to lower-priced cars and became ubiquitous in Chevrolets of the 1950s and ’60s.