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Christ · 12-22-2008, 01:50 AM

I'm liking this little project.

I remember a picture of a car that my grandmother had, long before I was born... it had pushbutton automatic tranny... gear selection was via buttons on the dash. I'll have to ask my dad what car it was though. (I first saw it on a KodaChrome, then 8mm... if that's any clue as to how old it was...)

I believe my Gram was born in 1930-ish... so around '45, she'd have been driving age.. she'd have gotten her first "new" car around the 60's sometime. To put it into perspective.

I fully intend to check up on this manu-matic project of yours, so that maybe I'll get around to doing something similar myself.

12-22-2008, 01:50 AM	#85 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	I'm liking this little project. I remember a picture of a car that my grandmother had, long before I was born... it had pushbutton automatic tranny... gear selection was via buttons on the dash. I'll have to ask my dad what car it was though. (I first saw it on a KodaChrome, then 8mm... if that's any clue as to how old it was...) I believe my Gram was born in 1930-ish... so around '45, she'd have been driving age.. she'd have gotten her first "new" car around the 60's sometime. To put it into perspective. I fully intend to check up on this manu-matic project of yours, so that maybe I'll get around to doing something similar myself. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"