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Re: [ST] FW: CVTs and such



My girlfriend back in Germany had one of these, It's the stangest thing - 
you press the gas pedal and the rpm stays always the same, it just gets 
faster, no gear changes, really strange.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Emile Nossin" <Emile@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] FW: CVTs and such


> >From: Rich Rumble
>>Hey, Emile, enlighten us all on the DAF.  Did it not have (or maybe still
>>does) some crude form of CVT?  As I recall, there was some lever on the
>>dash that was moved horizontally by the driver to change the drive ratio.
>
> The DAF variomatic is a pretty old car, made in the 60's and 70's:
> http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/daf/daf-history.html
> www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/daf_6201.htm
> http://www.daf.dse.nl/
> http://www.dafclub.nl/
> http://www.ritzsite.demon.nl/DAF/DAF_cars_intro.htm
> http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B20712.jpg
> http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B9579.jpg
>
> I checked with a friend who has one about a lever. But there is
> no lever for changing the drive ratio, since it is a complete
> automatic, variomatic :-). You just have a lever that changes
> the direction (drive or reverse). And because of that feature
> they had a tv show in the 70's or 80's with Daf's racing each
> other in reverse :-).
>
> Emile
> www.piloot.com
>
>
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