Ford did a push button thing for the Edsel, the buttons were switches that drove an electric motor to run the selector on the transmission. I can't imagine a chunky electric motor hanging on the side of the transmission was the ultimate in reliability.
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Speaking of which.....Ford did a push button thing for the Edsel, the buttons were switches that drove an electric motor to run the selector on the transmission. I can't imagine a chunky electric motor hanging on the side of the transmission was the ultimate in reliability.
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I remember that arrangement on a 64 Dodge Dart wagon except they were vertical. I'll add, that Dart was tough, engine and transmission, slant six. Belonged to a friends dad who bought it new, only option was the automatic, not even a radio, we installed an eight track player and six by nine door speakers. Guys father could have bought anything he wanted, Bank of America executive, had a floor of his own in the Bank of America building, downtown Los Angeles, and that was the car he owned... a banker, go figure. His son abused the hell out of it and it never complained.
Among the things those cars would do is sink the speedometer.
My dad was a Ford service maager in that era. He said they frequently needed adjustment. The problem often was that some switch meant to be a safety would stop the thing in mid operation.
The ones we had didn't have park, IIRC the more expensive models had that (maybe)
IIRC, only some (more expensive models) had that, our Valiant only had R, N, D, 2, 1. Your pic may be of a non-Mopar vehicle (?- other companies had push button transmissions too). I seem to remember that Mopar's shift buttons were top to bottom or in a quad, I don't remember ones going straight left to right, but I'm old and my memory is faulty at times !
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Well that explains it--ours was missing the knob and we never knew what that short metal lever was for ! Just remembered that our father had a 1960 Dodge Dart Pioneer (huge ugly finned thing with a slant six) that had the transmission buttons L to R... I've had too many cars over the years to remember them all that well (40 or 50 different ones).Used Dodge 440 for Sale in Blairsville, PA | Tri-Star Motors
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And again, I'm not looking to belabor the point, but if you look closely at your pic, the park lever is at the bottom left of the dashboard (on the lower right is a similar lever labeled "warm" for the heater) .
Just know that I'm not being nit picky here, it's just that I'm plenty old enough to have seen (and driven) several of the push button shift cars, and I can't recall ever having seen one that didn't have the park lever in one location or other
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Further info on the Valiant park lever;
https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopa...elite62-valiant-lancer-dashboard-knob.517667/
My dad's mom had a Chrysler with these buttons. Don't recall year or model (car was bought used). I was old enough to understand this was atypical in a car so probably mid-late 60's.
The internet says 1964 was the last year Mopar had the push buttons, so that was probably your parents.
I think we've pretty much covered it already, no need for another thread...
