There are a couple of errors, actually.
The parking pawl was introduced on the 1960 Valiant's verison of the A-904
Torqueflite. Plymouth and Dodge Dart/Polara did not adopt the parking pawl
A-904 until 1962.
The aluminum A-727 was introduced for 1962, but only the Plymouth and Dodge
Dart/Polara had the parking pawl. The Dodge Custom 880, Chrysler and
Imperial did not get it until 1963.
By the way, anytime you see a Torqueflite with the parking lever, the car
has Bendix brakes and the emergency brakes on the rear wheels. No parking
lever and the car has Lockheed brakes and the emergency brake on the
driveshaft behind the transmision.
The last year for the transmission pushbuttons was 1964 while the last year
for a cable controlled gear selector was 1965.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Torqueflight info
> >From: "mike sutton" <mikanlin62@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: IML: a very good aluminum torqueflite reference
> >
> >Heres a good bit of information on the aluminum torqueflite for anyone
whos
> >interested in them, covers some theory, operation, care and feeding and
> >other interesting stuff:
> >
> >http://www.allpar.com/mopar/torqueflite.html
>
> It's nifty reading, but as I've found one error already (the
push-button
> shift was _not_ discontinued in 1962 - it lasted at least until '63), and
> I'm no expert, my confidence in it as a reference is reduced.
> -Kle.
> '69 Crown 4HT
>
>
>
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