Mechanical shift linkage of any kind on automatic transmissions is going the way of the Dodo bird. Our new Lincoln has push buttons laid out like piano keys.
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Especially because they are electronically controlled now.
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Learned to drive in Mom’s 4-on-the-floor Corvair. Great car, replaced by a 3-on-the-floor Vega wagon, not so much. Bought brand new an E150 shorty with 351 and a 5-speed manual on the floor. Never saw another E-series with that transmission. When I met my wife she had a little pickup with a manual. She replaced it with a pickup with a manual. Went about 20 years without a manual. Love having one again in my HHR SS.
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I had a 64 Valiant with the Super 225 Slant 6 and push button trans, buttons were vertical on the dash...weird.
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The Edsel had the transmission selector buttons in the middle of the steering wheel
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...59fc69aee.jpeg In 2018 GMC brought push buttons back in the Terrain https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...8cac61456.jpeg |
Funny thing was the Valiant was not electrical switches, they were mechanical cable driven . I think the Edsel was vacuum
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Oh, the Edsel sucked alright! I’ve had 2 of them over the years, not fun cars to work on! I restored the first one, sold it to the first guy who ooh’d and ahh’d over it and made me an offer, in cash. I broke even!
I traded the second one for a 1951 GMC 5 window Deluxe pickup truck , then sold the truck, that afternoon. |
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