1952 Dodge B-Series Pickup Truck

It took Chrysler a long time to catch up with other car makers in developing an automatic transmission. In the interim there was Fluid Drive. The fluid drive element was a hydraulic coupling inserted in place of the flywheel, which performed the same function as a modern torque converter. From a practical standpoint, that meant that once you got this truck into third gear, you could drive it around all day just like an automatic, as long as you didn't mind coming off stops very slowly.

I was surprised by this hood ornament. I hadn't known that the "Dodge Ram" imagery went back this far.

  

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