My aunt had that in her Dodge, plus giant multi-color tail fins, but I can't recall the model type.
I would push button downshift into red lights, then 1-2-3 upshift and zoom away on green.
You always had to be ultra-careful not to hit the Reverse button which was mixed right in with the rest of the gears.
>> “You always had to be ultra-careful not to hit the Reverse button which was mixed right in with the rest of the gears.” <<
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No danger.
The iron case torqueflight was governor controlled, and didn’t feed any control pressure to the rear band port if there was any governor pressure. (in motion in other words)