>> “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)
Hydraulic fail-safe.
Some of those old guys were pretty bright....
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)
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And the 1964 Torqueflite had front AND rear pumps making it one of the only automatics that you could push start.
Quite right. But according to my older brother if you pushed reverse while going down the road it would kick on your reverse lights. He claims big time fun in high school doing this when his buddies were following his '59 Fury.
You probably had to be there, I suppose.