Word: shifter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...advantage is reduction in below-the-springs weight, prime factor in riding quality. Unsprung weight in the Cord is about 300 lb. less than it would have been with rear drive. The cumbersome gear lever that protruded from the dash on the old Cords has been replaced with pneumatic shifter controlled from the steering column...
...important improvements distinguish the new Hudson. First, there is an all-steel one stretch body (including the roof) which offers greater safety and the opportunity to have the body color run without break even on to the roof. Second there is a modern version of the old electric-shifter called the "electric-hand" which allows one to shift in advance, and carries out these pre-arrangements when the proper time arrives...
...still the only car with a complete Self-Shifter-Transmission. Externally it is hardly different from any other streamlined car, though the makers claim to be the originators and evolutionary leaders in that field...
...addition to new features found on all cars in the low-price field, the Terra-plane, like the Hudson, has a modified self-shifter called the "Electric Hand" and increased horsepower. Somehow, the streamlining seems to have been more tastefully done than on the Fords...
...again features its self-shifter-a device which automatically changes gears whenever the speed warrants. Motors have been moved forward to improve the ride...