The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk 57 GMC factory "hydramatic" how many were made???

I have a '54 GMC pickup that came with a Hydramatic transmission which I have since replaced with a standard 3 speed column shift. I understand there were over 50,000 Chevrolet and GMC pickups produced in 1954 so they are not rare or even hard to find. After dealing with early shift and slipping problems I changed to a standard shift and I am very satisfied with the resulting driveability.