Re: IML: Chrysler and the Fed's

I dont know about Ya'll but they sure do give me an inferiority complex.I thought I knew it all till I joined this site...lol

Joe <joestill1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bill:

How DO you know all this stuff?

Between you and Mr. Benjamin, I continue to be amazed on a daily basis.

Thank you for your contributions!

--
Joe
Allen, Texas
'61 4D Crown Southampton
http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1961/JoeStill/index.htm

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>
> The Edsel had an electrically operated button system located in the centre
> of the steering wheel in 1958 only.
>
> Packard had electric-controlled pushbuttons in 1956 located in a pod at the
> end of the transmssion lever. The buttons were gone for 1957, although S-P
> could have adopted push buttons to the 1957 or 1958 Packard as their
> Flight-o-matic transmission was built by Borg-Warner, who also built the
> same transmssions for Ford and Rambler.
>
> The 1957 and 1958 Mercury used B-W transmissions with a dual-cable
> pushbutton system - it had a park sprag and cable. The buttons were located
> on the lower left side of the dash with the park sprag controlled by a type
> of toggle panel. The same system was used by Rambler from 1958 to 1962 on
> the Six, Classic, Rebel and Ambassad or models, as did the Canadian-built
> 1957 Monarch.
>
> Even the Renault Dauphine offered a push-button automatic in the early
> 1960's.
>
> As to Chrysler's dash mounted turn signal lever, the 1960-1962 Chryslers
> used that system for the same reason they offered a floor-shift 3-speed
> manual transmission and not a column shift. With that fabulous Astrodome
> instrument cluster there was no room on the column for any kind of a lever.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
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