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Message: [QUOTE="JRRRJ, post: 3496326, member: 1303"] Don't know about Buick, but my dad purchased a 1948 Chrysler Windsor DeLuxe sedan in the late 50's-early 60's (for $100) that had fluid drive. Column-mounted stick with 3 positions. Up toward you was first, and it would automatically shift to second at some speed if you let up on the gas. Down toward you (had to use the clutch to shift) was 3rd, with an automatic shift to 4th. Up away from you was reverse -- with an automatic shift to a higher reverse gear if you were crazy enough! Generally, you never left the 3rd gear position while driving, as the mammoth flathead six had enough torque to pull a house off it's foundations and 1st-2nd gears were really low. Here's a [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4L0NURxm64']link to a video[/URL] demonstrating the fluid drive in a '53 model (with a shifter that mimics one for an automatic trannie). The car weighed nearly 2 tons. One day, waiting at a light in Boston to cross the Charles River, the car swayed forward and back. We got out to find that a '58 Plymouth station wagon had run into us. The hood of the Plymouth was shortened by a foot. The heavily-accented driver gave my dad $200 to forget about it. Damage to the Chrysler? The trunk handle was broken off (remember trunk handles?). The bumpers on the Chrylser were quarter-inch steel, very thickly chromed and showed only scratches. [/QUOTE]