1949 Lincoln Hydramatic Transmission Sales Brochure. America's most distinctive cars bring you Hydra-Matic Transmission on the 1949 Lincoln and Lincoln Cosmopolitan. Lincoln - maker of America's most distinctive cars brings you the world's finest automatic shifting - Hydra-Matic Transmission...a road-proven, really dependable automatic transmission that "thinks" while you drive. What is Hydra-Matic? To you it means a new experience in driving pleasure. You can drive for hours on end without shifting - stop at intersections, drive through traffic, climb hills...and all with greater safety, comfort, gasoline economy, smoothness, and power. Dependability through Simplicity. Cover has minor wear and blemishing while pages are very good [see photos].