TMCP #350: Silver Sport Transmissions Talks Modern Overdrive Automatic Swaps for ’69 Chargers (and All Muscle Cars) – Ask Rick, Collectible R Model Shelby Mustangs and Whether to Restore a Basket Case

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Robert Kibbe

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4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this TMCP episode I spoke to Jeff Kauffman ‎and Bryan White (and former TMCP interviewee) from ‎Silver Sport Transmissions Maryville, Tennessee. Since I picked up the General Lee I have been debating options for overdrive transmissions to make life on the highway a little easier. Also overdrive transmissions have been around since before the 80's so it is possible the Duke Boys could have swapped one in (if they had been allowed on highways outside of the county). I asked Jeff and Bryan to come on the show and answer some of my questions about transmission options. Want to hear something else cool? The old Cars for a Living podcast show that I used to host is one of the reasons Bryan left his ho-hum career with a major corporation to join the aftermarket...and Silver Sport was where he landed!

Also - as I mentioned in this interview - be sure to check out the new Baseball tee that I launched with my friends on Kickstarter. I think you'll dig it - and please share it with your friends. The website is www.magictee.io and right now it's available on Kickstarter for a HUGE discount. All purchases made through Kickstarter will help us get the product funded, manufactured, and out to market.

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 350.
0:04.0	This week, it's a two-for-one.
0:06.3	Jeff Kaufman and Brian White are on from Silver Sport Transmissions to talk about
0:11.2	bolt-in overdrive performance transmissions and dream jobs.
0:15.4	Really, we got these all in one.
0:17.8	First up is Jeff to discuss their're super slick yet totally seamless bolt in
0:23.2	computer-controlled A-41 automatic transmission and I'm gonna run that very
0:27.7	transmission in my generally Dodge Charger. It's gonna give me all around better
0:31.5	gear ratios, a nice happy overdrive. It's something that the Duke Boys would have
0:35.6	done if they could have. So really the whole purpose of the A41 existence is so a Mopar guy can put an automatic overdrive
0:42.3	in his car and not have to cut anything out.
0:44.4	And then we'll also learn from Brian a really neat story about how he changed careers
0:49.1	into the aftermarket, got his way into Silver Sport, and how our old Cars for Living
0:53.9	Show may even help a little bit
0:55.4	with that i saw this ad on sema for a senior drive line engineer after reading it i sent it to my wife
1:01.9	and i'm like this sounds like me and i don't know if we could ever pull this off but i think i'm going
1:07.1	apply just you know i can't not do it you know it just there was, there was something about it just said, hey, I have to do this.
1:13.7	But first up, it all starts with Rick Schmidt from NPD talking R-model Mustang Cobra's,
1:19.3	the collectability of modern supercars, and whether to restore an old basket case.
1:24.6	This show is loaded for bear.
1:26.2	Loaded, I tell you.
1:27.2	Load it up and just doing it, Bernie.
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