RE: Button safety? Racers?
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RE: Button safety? Racers?



Nice metaphor Chris!

mrchristopher1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Sorry it's a little bit before my time, but I will be running the push 
> button tranny in my car and was concerned about this.  I was going to 
> fab one using a piece of box aluminum cut to make the channel.  To 
> attach it, I figured to make of hinge of sorts that goes at the top of 
> the buttom, but below the lip of the dash.  That way it would flip up to 
> access the PNR.  Like the red cover over a toggle switch on say a missle 
> launcer. :-)
> Christopher
> --
> '64 Dodge 440 2 Dr. Hard Top 
> '87 Dodge Ramcharger 
> '00 Merc Berz C230 Kompressor 16.73 1/4 - (Hey, It's DaimlerChrysler)
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> 
> > 
> > No answers so I guess I stumped the group. :) 
> > 
> > Anyway, the gentleman sent me more information that may ignite some 
> > dormant brain cell memories in someone: 
> > 
> > "It looks like a small piece of channel about 3 inches with a cover that 
> > 
> > covers the PNR and first(which is drive) buttons so you have to lift up 
> > the cover to use those buttons." 
> > 
> > Anyone recall seeing this back in the '60s? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Gary H. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Gary H. wrote: 
> > > 
> > > A gent wrote me asking the below question. I recall the practice of 
> > > modifying the trans to allow swapping the order of the buttons so it was 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > much harder to punch R by mistake, but not this. 
> > > 
> > > Anyone? 
> > > 
> > > He wrote: 
> > > 
> > > "I remember some of the Mopar racers had a little plate they put on the 
> > > dash push button panel to prevent pushing the wrong button, is there 
> > > anybody who remembers these and maybe someone who makes or has one?" 
> > > 
> > > Thanks, 
> > > Gary H. 
> > 
> > 
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> > directly 
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> > well as 
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> > total volume 
> > of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 
> > 
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> > 
> --
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. 












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