I learned to drive in a 1950 Chrysler Royal 4 dr. with fluid drive. It was easy to drive because of the fluid coupling and it was very tough. Two teenagers learned to drive in it and they drove it in the evenings after dad got off work. We knew every trick to get the most out of the flat head six and the only thing we broke was the rear differential carrier. How it broke is beyond me. Besides other normal mainenance, we did replace the head gasket twice (second time we surfaced the head and that cured that problem). As far as handling, it held the road very good for it's time but had quite a bit of body lean. They rode softly as if sitting on a sofa in the living room which was why they had body lean. The fluid drive made hills no problem and both city and highway driving was easy. No drag records were set but no problems keeping up with traffic.