Originally Posted by blackberry
Remember the first push button transmissions, in 1960? I heard that the push button failed due to women breaking their nails trying to push the buttons into gear.
1st. Push buttons made their debut on the 1956 models.
The reason they stopped using it after 1964 was because high school Drivers Education instructors wouldn't use Chrysler products in their courses because they said the push buttons would confuse some students.
That's what a Chrysler "factory Rep." told my Dad.