QUIZ--Identify this drive train

**Wyoming T/A** · 06-17-2009, 06:22 PM

**Mr. Luos** · 06-17-2009, 06:31 PM

Tempest?

**chiller2484** · 06-17-2009, 06:32 PM

so it's true, dinosaurs did exist!

**cammed goat** · 06-17-2009, 06:34 PM

I'm thinkin classic Toronado.

**Wyoming T/A** · 06-17-2009, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Tempest?

besides great pictures your pretty sharp--1962 pontiac tempest/lemans

**Mr. Luos** · 06-17-2009, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Wyoming T/A

besides great pictures your pretty sharp--1962 pontiac tempest/lemans

I cheated.

I looked at the url to the pics....

**pajeff02** · 06-17-2009, 06:39 PM

Looks like Mr. Luos got it right--

Per Wikipedia: "The Tempest's drivetrain employed an innovative tunnel that spanned almost the length of the car and housed a 3/4" flexible steel drive shaft running on bearings and riding inside a steel box, which forced it into a curve (colloquially dubbed "rope drive"), connecting the engine in the front to a unified differential and transmission in the rear. The combination of the rear-mounted transaxle and the front-mounted engine gave the car a weight distribution near an ideal 50/50 between the forward and rear wheels, enabled four-wheel independent suspension, and had the added benefit of eliminating the floor "hump" forward of the front seat needed to accommodate the transmission in conventional cars. The designer of this car was John Z. DeLorean, the division's chief engineer and a Packard veteran who would later become the division's head and still later famous for building cars bearing his own name. Since its Buick and Oldsmobile sister cars used a conventional Hotchkiss front engine and front transmission (both used a two-piece driveshaft to lower the hump) powertrain setup, the Tempest was truly unique. The Tempest was Motor Trend magazine's 1961 Car of the Year. Road & Track praised the Tempest as "exceptionally roomy" and "one of the very best utility cars since the Ford Model A.""

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**67CamaroRSSS** · 06-17-2009, 06:44 PM

You should've showed the engine also. 1/2 of a 389 = 194.5 cid 4 cylinder.

**cammed goat** · 06-17-2009, 06:46 PM

The Tempest was small back then. I remember Tempests as the wide trackers like the 64 GTOs.

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 06-17-2009, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

I cheated.

I looked at the url to the pics....

Your Avatar is fuckin hilarious....

**02cetransam** · 06-17-2009, 07:33 PM

thats pretty bad ass

**Smkn_TA** · 06-17-2009, 08:09 PM

The driveshaft was only 3/4 of an inch? I could twist that in half with my dick.

**Wyoming T/A** · 06-18-2009, 05:11 AM

how about a dash mounted shifter

**GTP231** · 06-18-2009, 05:13 AM

Tempest

**Smkn_TA** · 06-18-2009, 10:19 AM

Torsion Tube driveshafts like that were actually put on trucks in the late 50's I think? Swear I seen something like that on Trucks once?

**pajeff02** · 06-18-2009, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Smkn_TA

Torsion Tube driveshafts like that were actually put on trucks in the late 50's I think? Swear I seen something like that on Trucks once?

Lots of old cars and trucks had the driveshaft running inside a tube. I think the Tempest was the only one that tried the "rope driveshaft" though.

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