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No Gears to Shift! The 1933-35 Reo Self-Shifter - Mac's Motor City Garage.com

For the U.S. auto industry, there were twists and turns on the path to the fully automatic transmission. Here’s a fascinating detour from 1933-35, the Reo Self-Shifter.     Just to be clear, the Reo Self-Shifter was not a fully automatic transmission. The system required a conventional clutch and clutch pedal for starts and stops, and thus it falls into the catch-all category of “semi-automatic.” But its upshifts and downshifts were automated, a…
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Mac's Motor City Garage broke the news in on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
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