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Cortina Mk1 Hobbs Mechamatic Automatic Transmission?

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I was reading an article that Dieter Korp wrote for auto motor und sport magazine in 1963 and in there he says Ford UK was extremely interested in using the westinghouse "hobbs" mechamatic automatic transmission but later says that ford dropped out at the last second and did not offer that transmission officially. However he also later states that around 1963 the ford dealer network in UK grew so much that ford finally started offering that transmission on the cortina mk1, capri and the "ford classic". However i can not find any picture on the internet for any of these cars equipped with the hobbs automatic transmission. Another article about the hobbs gearbox stated that it retained the third "clutch" pedal but the pedals purpose was now to act as a lever for the override system to disengage the gearbox from the driveline or something like that. It would be amazing if anybody has a picture of one of those fords equipped with the hobbs automatic gearbox, im especially wondering the pedal era to see if it indeed has that third pedal as they said in the article.

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