Ford introduced the Fordomatic automatic transmission in 1951, and its sound basic design served the company well for years. You’ll notice we dropped a qualifier into the title of this story: first successful automatic transmission. In 1942, the Ford Motor Company had introduced Liquamatic for the Mercury and Lincoln brands, but it proved to be a failure and was quickly withdrawn from the market. (See our feature here.) In 1949, the Lincoln di…
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