Hemmings Daily: Last of the first American automatic transmission-equipped cars comes up for auction

All technology has teething problems. Not all technology has teething problems that lead to its near-extinction in the wild, but such is the case with Oldsmobile's Automatic Safety Transmission, considered the first American automatic transmission, which reportedly exists nowadays in just one vehicle, a convertible that will cross the block at Hershey. Of course, in automotive technology, terms like "first" come with many asterisks and qualifiers. To begin with, the Automatic Safety Transmission, which requires a [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Tuesday, September 11, 2018 ANNOUNCEMENTS Reminder: This weekend is our annual Concours d'Elegance and Cruise-In Spectacular in Lake George, New York. While our Sunday concours show field is filled, Saturday's Cruise-In is open to all. Bring your car and come see us - for details, visit Hemmings.com/Events/Concours [Last of the first American automatic transmission-equipped cars comes up for auction]( [Last of the first American automatic transmission-equipped cars comes up for auction]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - All technology has teething problems. Not all technology has teething problems that lead to its near-extinction in the wild, but such is the case with Oldsmobile's Automatic Safety Transmission, considered the first American automatic transmission, which reportedly exists nowadays in just one vehicle, a convertible that will cross the block at Hershey. Of course, in automotive technology, terms like "first" come with many asterisks and qualifiers. To begin with, the Automatic Safety Transmission, which requires a... 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'Early' P-1800 (S) 'coupe' California 3 #/3 Letter blue & yellow 'both' front & rear li...[Read More]( [2018 Motorcycle Cannonball makes a stop at Hemmings]( [2018 Motorcycle Cannonball makes a stop at Hemmings]( Posted by Jim O'Clair - Since 2010, the biennial Motorcycle Cannonball has taken riders of vintage motorcycles -- built prior to 1929 -- on a coast-to-coast backroad odyssey, described as the most difficult antique endurance run in the world. This year's journey -- the fifth Motorcycle Cannonball -- takes participants from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and on Sunday, September 9, riders enjoyed an all-too-brief stop at Hemmings headquarters in Bennington, Vermont. James Maloney aboard his 1928 Indian Scout. The sheep...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Ask a Hemmings Editor: How many race tracks are on the National Register of Historic Places?]( [Ask a Hemmings Editor: How many race tracks are on the National Register of Historic Places?]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Of the nearly 100,000 listings added to the National Register of Historic Places over the last 52 years, at least a few of them have to be motorsports tracks, right? The United States, after all, has a rich auto-racing heritage going back to the dawn of the automobile. So, how many tracks are on the register exactly? Reader John G. Jameson wanted to know just that after recently coming across a Tumblr post that claimed North Carolina's Occoneechee Speedway is just one of three tracks on the register. 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