<VV> Why "NO" Park ? ? (Valiant/Falcon)

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Yes, the Valiant and Falcons had "Park."  Because they weren't designed new 
from the ground up like the Corvair, they tended to use as many common parts as 
possible with the rest of the product line.

The Valiant with automatic trans had "Push-button" selection of gears on the 
dash.  The "Park" function was performed by a small slider/lever just beneath 
the reverse, neutral and forward buttons.  At least this was the case on some 
years.  You had to move the park lever to the off position before you could 
put the car into drive or reverse.  I remember that my father pushed the reverse 
button through the dash trying to get it into gear because he didn't know my 
mother had used the park lever.  BTW, the park lever has nothing to do with 
the parking brake.

Doc
1960 Vette; 1961 Rampside; 1962 Rampside; 1964 Spyder coupe; 1965 Greenbrier; 
1966 Corsa Turbo Coupe; 1967 Nova SS; 1968 Camaro ragtop
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In a message dated 11/17/2008 8:54:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:

> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:30:20 -0800
> From: "Charles Lee" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Why "NO" Park  ? ?
> To: <PatioMatt at aol.com>,    <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID: <F7196C4503FE444B95924815A4E9304D at MUSICPC>
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> 
> Did Plymouth Valiant or Ford Falcon have "Park" ?
> 
> I think it was probably because an economy car wasn't worth running a 12 
> foot "Park" linkage to the trans, since that would have been much more than it 
> cost on the other, front engine economy cars, right ?
> 
> Charlie


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