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 DD> Also, I know this thread started about the first automatic
 DD> transmission.   The GM may well have been the first "production"
 DD> automatic, but I have read that Pierce-Arrow had some sort of
 DD> "clutchless automatic" as early as the 1920's.
        Is this like the preset electric shifter such as was on a
Cord my uncle had (this was a long time ago, of course, while Cords
were still in production).
        There was a control that stuck out from the steering
column where you set the gear you wanted to shift to next.  Then
when you pressed the "clutch" pedal it shifted automatically to
that gear with no further action needed.
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