Re: [Amc-list] PRNDL vrs PNDLR

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> " From: Joe Smith <know_ware@xxxxxxxxx>
> "
> " Saturday I pulled a steering column off of a 61 American 4 door station wagon that had PNDLR (Park Neutral Drive Low Reverse) instead of PRNDL.  It seems like it will work, but when and why was there a difference?  What is the history of this?
>
> having forward and reverse right next to each other led to a number of
> accidents, some serious, so in the early '60s the current quadrant
> organization was federally mandated.  pushbutton setups like mopar's
> and amc's also disappeared at that time.

I had no idea AMC had such a thing. Is it just a different valve body
in the M35?

I loved my pushbutton 62 Ambassador 400, but at least once,
luckily in a parking lot going slowly, I pushed the wrong
button while moving. Not Good. What could be more modern than
a pushbutton transmission?

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