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Chrysler push button auto ads
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:03 am
by kevm14
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2014012 ... dailydrive
These are cool. Was this Chrysler's first automatic? Now I need to find some kind of commercial/ad for the 1939 Olds 4-speed hydromatic.
Re: Chrysler push button auto ads
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:40 am
by Adam
My uncle used to have a '59 Imperial back in the day with the push button automatic. I remember being fascinated by that as a kid seeing as the only automatics I was aware of were column shift.
Re: Chrysler push button auto ads
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:02 pm
by kevm14
It seems like a 3-speed with the 1, 2 and D settings. When did Chrysler get their first 4-speed? The 80s?
Re: Chrysler push button auto ads
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:57 pm
by Adam
Something pike that. If my memory serves correct, it was basically an A727 Torqueflite with an overdrive gear.
Actually it was the early '90s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquefli ... .2F46RE.29
They had four speed FWD transmissions starting in the early '80s.
Re: Chrysler push button auto ads
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:43 am
by kevm14
See what I mean about their RWD cars? They were dumping cash into the K-car platform in the early 80s. So their 80s RWD cars were pretty lame.