Corrected entry: When Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey are coming back from dancing at another hotel she's changing clothes in the back seat. Patrick Swayze is driving his 1957 Chevy. The car's got an automatic transmission, but they're driving down the road with the shift lever in the park position. (00:49:30)
Eric Wakefield
27th Aug 2001
Correction: The car has a manual transmission on the column known commonly as "three on the tree". In this scene the car is actually in 2nd gear, not park. Up into the mid 70's it was very common to have this set up with manual transmissions.
Eric Wakefield