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

[Paul Nimz]

I had 2 Mercury Comets with two sped autos, one a '62 the other a '64.  Must
have been marked slow and slower.......

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerby Haltom" <kerbyh@netzero.net>
To: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Park vs. Forward (was Autolock and MTX)


> 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.