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In the 1930s, the preselector manual gearbox was one of the coolest things going in mass-produced automobiles—until something better came along.
Gear shifters are some of the coolest accessories in cars. With this in mind, let's take a look at some of the coolest that were ever produced in classic cars.
The four-speed Bendix preselector ­gearbox is extremely easy to use. Introduced in the early 1930s, on the Hudson and Terraplane, it was called the Electric Hand. Fourth gear is an overdrive.
The preselector gearbox is as fast as and smoother than a modern sequential manual. To shift, you preselect the required gear on a quadrant down by your right leg and engage it by pressing the ...
The car features a single-overhead camshaft six cylinder engine and a four-speed pre-selector gearbox.