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Why Drive and not Forward?
> D- Drive, Well you do "drive " the vehicle but why not F- Forward?
Good question! I honestly don't know the answer, but this page about the Hydra-Matic suggests narrowing down the search to the immediate postwar years: http://members.tripod.com/starchief5...cles.htm#hydra "...N-H-L-R, in 1946 it was changed to N-Dr-Lo-R. Later it was changed to P-R-N-D-L to reflect the addition of a "PARK" feature. " My guess on *why* would be that D-for-drive looks the least like the other letters. I've crossposted to rec.autos.antique in search of somebody who has either researched or personally remembers those early days of automatics... Cheers, --Joe |
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