Self Parking from 1933?

[BGlover67]

I guess Packard was way ahead of their time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMsRJrlbyMI

[gjz30075]

Pretty cool.    But the narrator also says that power steering never caught on.    They don't know why.  Ancient history 

[mark p]

didn't someone say somewhere that there is no such thing as a new idea?
Just had to wait a few decades 
This is genius! 

[Side-Oilers]

I saw an old film of a mid-1950s Cadillac with the same sort of setup.

I'd love to see the mechanicals that drop the spare tire and power it.  A second driveshaft that only operates in reverse?  Or something like a PTO?

Or, a little guy in the trunk with Popeye arms? 

[Bigfoot]

Gunna vote for little guy with big arms.

[2112]

Today's self-driving cars don't need a 5th wheel.

That's progress, right?