<VV> lock up torque converter

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In a message dated 1/4/2009 1:42:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

Again,  in defense of GM, they pioneered ..........the "Lock-up" torque converter.
 
Seth  Emerson

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Packard's Ultramatic auto trans had a clutch in 1949.
An engineer named John Delorean helped with its later development. 


Dan Timberlake 
Westford, Massachusetts, USA