1958 Mercury Montclair Turnpike Cruiser Four-Door Hardtop [85A]

1958 Mercury Montclair Turnpike Cruiser [85A] in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, TV Series, 1955-1962 Ep. 4.18

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
vilero ◊ 2010-12-07 13:34	-- Last edit: 2012-05-18 20:18:59
Commander 57 ◊ 2010-12-07 15:42	Something I've wondered about for a long time: Did the 1958 Turnpike Crusier have a push-button transmission like the '57 model or did it revert back to a shift lever?
DynaMike ◊ 2010-12-07 15:56	According to http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1957-1958-mercury-turnpike-cruiser4.htm there were two types of transmission in 1958, but both with the push-button control.. "Transmission was now your choice of an improved Merc-O-Matic or new "Multi-Matic." Both were excellent. A pity they were still stuck with pushbutton control, which was more prone to get out of whack than a conventional selector and trickier to use."
Commander 57 ◊ 2010-12-07 15:59	Thanks, Dynamike. The info just applies to the Turnpike Cruiser, not the other '58 Mercury models, right? I believe they had conventional shift levers.