No, much later. Transmissions in trucks work differently and have to withstand so much more stress. Wasn’t till the early 00’s that anyone got serious about them.
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Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoThat must have been a while ago, I assume trucks got auto transmissions before consumer cars ?
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Wow ! more ancient than I thought
Machinist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Automatic transmissions have been around since the 60’s or 50’s, IIRC.