Free Wheeling ?

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
There is a 1931 Hudson on Ebay with a option called Free Wheeling ? It looks like there is another shorter shifter just below the normal shifter. So what is Free Wheeling and when did it come in the Hudson Autos ? Thanks, Ron

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  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    not sure just what years i think 30 to about 32 it's like taking the car out of gear and drifting or free wheeling as Hudson called it ;)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    AKA Georgia Overdrive.
  • Unknown
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    Hudzilla wrote:
    AKA Georgia Overdrive.



    Chevy came out with it in !932 and had it for a couple of years- its some kind of one way clutch behind the trans - when you let off the gas the car coasted till you put power back against it or locked it out manually . a real poor deal in a Chevy coasting down a hill with mechanical brakes !!!!
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    But a huge advantage for those who could never master the technique of double-de-clutching to change gears. With the free-wheeling option, you just pushed the gear lever through, no crunching! Certainly disconcerting though with mechanicla brakes and steep hills. If you tried to engage direct drive whilst free-wheeling faster than the engine was running you were likely to disembowel the unit!

    Geoff.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    About the same thing as driving a overdrive car at speeds below 20mph when the OD handle is pushed in. Most every manufactor except Ford had it in one way/name or another. Not something you use with bad brakes.
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