Holy Bleep, the Edsel tried to ruin auto-shifters before FCA?

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain) 02/28/2017 at 00:49 • Filed to: None

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I give you the Teletouch:

Recalled FCA shifter:

And now wait for it.... The Alfa 4C:

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 00:52

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Boy, try working on that car now... not many people know about working on those.

Birddog > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 01:01

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Someone, somewhere has always been trying to automate the driving experience somehow.

Bastards.

Nick Has an Exocet > Birddog 02/28/2017 at 01:04

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Man, I just love the 1950sness of the teletouch. It does really show that Ford was trying to appeal to ANYONE AT ALL. Women love talking on the phone, let’s make the car just like a phone!

InFierority Complex > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 01:05

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A few companies in the 50s and 60s were trying to make push botton transmissions a thing

Birddog > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 01:19

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That’s a part of an era that’s as f—ked up as much as it’s celebrated.

Brian McKay > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 01:38

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1950s telephones had push buttons?

nerd_racing > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 07:01

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That new FCA shifter is cute. 64 Barracuda shifter on the one I had. That lever is park.

kanadanmajava1 > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 07:04

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I think push button shifters are the only sensible choice an automatic transmission. I had one in my first car (‘63 Newport).

facw > kanadanmajava1 02/28/2017 at 08:32

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Mayble not the only sensible choice, but you are wasting a ton of space an auto sifter that tries to look like a manual.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 09:11

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Yep. This is one of the reasons the steering column in my ‘59 Lincoln is teh hueg - it’s largely common parts with this setup despite being a normal column shift.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 09:16

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During the 60s almost every car in the Chrysler/Dodge lineup had a push button automatic at some point or another.

Milky > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 09:24

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Dont worry, Lincoln has been doing it for a few years too and GMc is playing catch up.

Pixel > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 09:27

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The 1958 Mercury Park Lane still has the worst transmission buttons ever.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Nick Has an Exocet 02/28/2017 at 09:58

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Is that in the center of the steering wheel? Wonderful. I always wanted to end up in reverse whenever some asshole cut me off.

Smacking the center of the wheel to honk the horn becomes so ingrained that I still haven’t gotten used to the fact my car has little buttons by your thumbs instead.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Nick Has an Exocet 03/05/2017 at 11:48

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What, you think FCA came up with something on their own? They’ve probably been working out how to do it since Edsel and only now have their design done.

19JRC99 > Nick Has an Exocet 03/08/2017 at 00:46

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Chryslers in the 50s had it. 1957-58 Plymouths is where my mind is specifically.