I first heard about the Torqueflite gearbox being used in the Jensen FF and other European cars that used large Chrysler Hemis for power. The gearbox was suitably mated to the Hemi because both came from Chrysler. The first Torqueflite was released in 1956 as a 3-speed auto replacing the Powerflite which was a 2-speed box. Variants of the torqueflite can be found on Jeep and … [Read more...]
Facel Vega
This post is about a small French car company that built vehicles for only about 10 years and produced only 1,100 cars! One of the important facts about this company is that, like many small European companies of the 1950s and 1960s, they used American V8s to power their cars. The company is Facel Vega and the engines they originally used were from Chrysler. The Facel … [Read more...]