And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That little grandchildren will play with when parked downtown Ada, OK with grandpa while he is inside. Ha ha push the button and the car rolls back into the street.
My first car in 1972 was a big old 1963 Chrysler 300. A similar rounded rectangle steering wheel, but far less bling. Push-button transmission and no B pillars. What a party car that was! Winter was less fun driving on glare ice with nearly bald tires keeping that 2-ton behemoth mostly out of the ditches.
My folks had a '63 or '64 Dodge Dart with the pushbuttons on the dash. It also had a slant six. Talk about all the room in the world under the hood! You could just about camp out in there!
Christine (1983 film) - Although the car in the film is identified as a 1958 Plymouth Fury – and in 1983 radio ads promoting the film, voiceover artists announced, "she's a '57 Fury" – ...
Dad had a 60 Desoto Adventurer. It also had the push button transmission. They didn't have a "park", just reverse, neutral, drive, 2 and 1. you left it in neutral to start it up. the emergency/ parking brake broke and he had to turn the wheel into the curb to keep it from rolling down the street until he got it fixed.
My Grandmother had a '59 with the push buttons....they got so stiff my Grandfather had to put graphite inside the cable housings in order to make the buttons function....a great idea who's time had not come....
That’s the baddest of bad ass steering wheels…
ReplyDeleteSigh...my Dad's car.
ReplyDeleteThe picture doesn't pick up the sparkles cast into the clear portions of the steering wheel. A weird car, through and through.
On the dash push button transmission gear change. A few other Plymouth car's had that.
ReplyDeleteThat little grandchildren will play with when parked downtown Ada, OK with grandpa while he is inside. Ha ha push the button and the car rolls back into the street.
DeleteAt least 4 years that Chrysler products had the push button trans selectors on the ledt dashboard
DeleteMy first car in 1972 was a big old 1963 Chrysler 300. A similar rounded rectangle steering wheel, but far less bling. Push-button transmission and no B pillars. What a party car that was! Winter was less fun driving on glare ice with nearly bald tires keeping that 2-ton behemoth mostly out of the ditches.
DeleteMy folks had a '63 or '64 Dodge Dart with the pushbuttons on the dash. It also had a slant six. Talk about all the room in the world under the hood! You could just about camp out in there!
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ReplyDeleteChristine (1983 film) - Although the car in the film is identified as a 1958 Plymouth Fury – and in 1983 radio ads promoting the film, voiceover artists announced, "she's a '57 Fury" – ...
ReplyDeleteGo to youtube and search for "coldwarmotors 60 Fury" to watch an incredible restoration of one.
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Dad had a 60 Desoto Adventurer. It also had the push button transmission. They didn't have a "park", just reverse, neutral, drive, 2 and 1. you left it in neutral to start it up. the emergency/ parking brake broke and he had to turn the wheel into the curb to keep it from rolling down the street until he got it fixed.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandmother had a '59 with the push buttons....they got so stiff my Grandfather had to put graphite inside the cable housings in order to make the buttons function....a great idea who's time had not come....
ReplyDeleteI had a 1958 fury, the Christine Car.
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