Lew Hartswick wrote in
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RAM³ wrote:
Chrysler built their
'58s as '57s and stole a march on Ford by being the first to offer a
push-button automatic tranny.]

It seems to me my 53 Plymouth Belvedere had a push button select
transmission. It was up on the dash on the left side of the
steering wheel. Then the 55 had the lever on the dash sticking
straight out, moving up and down.
...lew... (or was it my 57????) Thats the trouble with OLDAGE


I think that you have the two reversed in sequence: the dash-mounted lever
preceded the push-button.

The dash lever had 1 major drawback in a "family car" in that a kid could
reach it while the car was in motion.

That's why the push-buttons were placed on the driver's left side - so that
kids/passengers couldn't reach it.