Might have been the “Jetaway 200” that my 1962 Series 60 Cadillac Fleetwood had. I don’t recall if “R” was at the far right on that.
-D > On Mar 5, 2021, at 6:40 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Do you remember that Hydramatics had the reverse on the far right? Past Low. > > One of the early Federal automotive requirements was the PRNDL pattern -- far > too many cars were jumping curbs because the sloppy linkage GM used (nearly > everyone else had quit using Hydramatics after the 1950s fire than destroyed > the Hydramatic plant) would have the transmission actually in low gear while > the display looked like it was in reverse. > > We had one on the 62 Olds, I think it was changed for the 63 model. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
