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1956

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View of the push-button transmission for a 1956 Packard Clipper car. Label on back: "Push-button driving for the 1956 Clipper models. Laid out like component parts of a radio, this is the system which brings the first real concept of push-button motoring to the medium-price car field. The driver has merely to push a button for the driving selection of his choice. The button transmits an electric signal down through the steering column to a 'servo-motor' mounted on the side of the Ultramatic transmission. This motor picks out the right driving position, as a jukebox picks out musical selections, except that with the Clipper electric push-button driving system, the job is done in the smallest fraction of a second. The Clipper push-button automatic transmission system incorporates a 'safety-park' feature and automatically prevents shifting into either 'Park' or 'Reverse' at speeds over five miles per hour. There is no mechanical linkage in the system for the driver to overcome."

Item #: na050235

Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.

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