'49 Fluid Drive Questions

From 1970 to 81 I had a 49 Windsor Club Coupe with fluid drive as my daily transportation (except winter...bad winter car <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />) The rust eventually claimed the old girl. This July I found a 49 Royal Club Coupe. 65000 original miles BUT it was parked in 1971. No rust, missing only carb and hubcaps, but very weatherbeaten, interior detroyed by heat and mice.

The questions are: What is the correct carb for this car (251 flat six) I remember that the Windsor had a specific carb for Fluid Drive. The "new" one has no carb.

Does the Royal have the same Fluid Drive setup that the Windsor would have had. I remember reading that the Royal, being the lower priced car had a 3 speed Fluid Drive whereas My old Windsor had the four speed (2lo, 2hi).

Oh, both cars were/are Canadian built.

Thanks alot

Paddy

The Canadian-built 1949 Chrysler six used a Carter carb, model BB-D E7L1-2-3. Both the Windsor and the Royal used it.

By the way, Fluid Drive was not the transmission, but the fluid coupling between the engine and clutch. You could thus stop the vehicle without using the clutch and it would not stall.

The Royal had Fluid Drive plus a 3-speed manual transmission as standard. The 4-speed semi-automatic was sold as Prestomatic with the Chrysler nameplate, Tip-Toe-Hydraulic shift by DeSoto and Gyromatic by Dodge.

Bill

Vancouver, BC