[Shotimes] Re: Park vs. Forward (was Autolock and MTX)

[Kerby Haltom]

Ford Cruise-O-Matic, as seen in my '66 Galaxie, PRN2D1.  Just to keep 
things confusing.

Kerby

At 06:58 AM 2/1/04 -0600, Donald Mallinson wrote:
>Also, just as a point of history, the PRNDL format has not always been the 
>same.
>
>in the early days of automatics, GM used this format:  PNDLR
>
>Chevy for their Turboglide used: PNDGrR   Now that was confusing, Gr stood 
>for Grade Retarder.  Since there were no "gears" as such in the Turboglide 
>(the tranny used three torque converters in a row and as they locked up 
>the car went faster, was like driving a train!) they reversed the vanes on 
>two of the torque converters as a type of low gear for going down REALLY 
>steep hills.
>
>Mopar had NO park position on their buttons from the 50's and 60's, you 
>had to flip a little lever to lock the tranny!
>
>Don Mallinson
>
>fwhittle@mindspring.com wrote:
>
>>(F)orward might be confused with (F)irst?  (Reaching, I know!)
>>Besides, "Prndl" is easier to say than "Prnfl" (the "official" name of 
>>the gear indicator is "prindl")
>>Frank Whittle
>>'95 ATX
>>Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:29:42 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Ron Childs <rbchilds@pacbell.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Autolock and MTX
>>To: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>, shotimes@autox.team.net
>>Drive is the opposite of Park?
>>-Ron
>>--- "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>With an automatic, you always have to go through reverse to go
>>>>from P to D.
>>>
>>>
>>>The opposite of left is right.
>>>The opposite of down is up.
>>>The opposite of reverse is forward.
>>>
>>>So, why do automatics have "D"rive instead of "F"orward?
>>>Anybody know the origin of this sillyness?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Cynical Jim Ryan in Salt Lake City
>>>'91 PLUS - All white/mocha
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