How about the push-button shift we had on our sleek '57 Plymouths? with the high tailfins? sexy looking car of that era! But I learned to drive a shift on the floor Nash - the newest car we ever had when I was growing up - and I can't even remember what year it was. Dad never owned an automatic in his truck(s) - and he had 2 trucks in his lifetime - he did not get a new one til the old one died - he just kept repairing to keep the old one alive until there was no more hope!!! Sure not like these days, when no one wants to drive a car that is not under warranty! :)