Chevrolet's Powerglide transmission hasn't been made in over half a century, but drag racers still love and use it. Here's why it's still around.

The powers that be at General Motors and Chevrolet wanted the simple, two-speed gearbox to be a cost-cutting means of getting an economical automatic transmission into Chevrolet cars like the Bel Air, ...

Every Chevy II Nova owner in the world knows the feeling of a "slip 'n' slide" two-speed transmission. That's because the only option with those early cars ('62-67) was a Powerglide, unless the ...

The Chevrolet Power-glide transmission, in-troduced for 1950, was not the first automatic transmission in the General Motors family. But it certainly has been the most enduring. The Powerglide is ...

In the last two months we've carefully taken you through the disassembly, cleaning, inspection and initial reassembly of a stock Powerglide transmission. This month we'll conclude this feature with ...

Jack Hardgraves had had enough. A friend bought a Thunderbird "and proceeded to humiliate Jack in front of the crowd at the local dragstrip Sunday after Sunday. The gap wasn't big, but it was there, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Powerglide transmission used in Chevrolets and some other General Motors automobiles was introduced in 1950. While it wasn't ...