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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 5 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 5 | Is it correct that a different, higher H.P. motor was put in a truck with the hydro matic???? Larry 1 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | What year?
No different (in H.P.) 235 truck engine with H-M in 1954.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 | You're probably thinking about the Chevy passenger cars in 1950 that came with the Powerglide transmission and a splash-oiler 235. Basically, they used the medium-duty truck engine in a car, and added hydraulic valve lifters.
The first 2-door hardtop Chevy Bel Air that came to Nashville in 1950 was due to go on display in the showroom of Jim Reed Chevrolet on a particular date- - - -235 engine, Powerglide, and all. About midnight before the big rollout, four salesmen managed to hand grenade the transmission when one of them pulled the shifter into Reverse at about 80 MPH. The car got towed back to the dealership and went on display as scheduled, with about a foot of newspaper under the transmission to soak up the drips!
Jim Reed fired all the guys who were on that joyride!
Jerry
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