[KC Burke]

1957 for me as well. But it was a Dodge that my dad had driven into the ground. Had the old push button automatic...but the interlock was broken--it would start in gear as soon as you turned the key.

Made for some wild accidental take-offs when I forgot to push the neutral button and turned the key in Drive or Reverse.

You can see the push button pod to the left of the steering wheel.

[Osage Orange]

My parents ( although I don't re-call my pop driving it much...) had a Dodge very similar to that car...if not the exact model. It was shark gray....with a red/gray interior. A real ugly sucker..

Boy, did my dad cuss that push-button shifting. Ha!! It was always fouling up.