Guess it depends on what generation you grew up in. My dad had a Hudson, if memory serves me correctly. Had push buttons. He just loved it - called it his hoopie.
My first driving experience at age 16 was a Ford Fairlane with column shift. Teaching me how to hold it in the middle of an ice covered hill going up without it sliding backwards or without peeling rubber all the way to the top and in traffic was an exercise my father certainly did not enjoy, particularly when I insisted on attempting it while wearing high heels. Probably wore out a couple of clutches before I finally developed the feel for how much to let the clutch out and how much pressure to put on the accelerator to get it right. My daddy surely had the patience of a saint.
Guess it depends on what generation you grew up in. My dad had a Hudson, if memory serves me correctly. Had push buttons. He just loved it - called it his hoopie.My dad had a early 50's Studebaker convertible THAT HE CALLED HIS HOOPIE.
I also had Studebaker, a 56 with 3 spd on the column. It had a hill holder clutch. If you depressed the brake pedal with the clutch in it would hold the brakes untill you released the clutch. It worked great even on the hills of San Francisco.