[AT] OT I'm getting older are you?

[charliehill]

Hi Ernie,  I liked the foot starters almost as much as the foot dimmer.  In 
the situation you describe all you needed to do was put the truck in 
Neutral, hold the brake with your left foot and start it with your right toe 
on the starter button and right heel on the accelerator.  If a Chevy is 
tuned right you don't need to press the accelerator anyway.   Besides, if 
you're on a hill you don't need the starter to begin with.  Put it in gear, 
let it roll and pop the clutch.

I saw an old Chevy truck the other day, a 57 I think and was looking at the 
foot starter and remembering my grandfathers truck.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernie" <cchopper at centurytel.net>
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> What about the 'button' you had to put your foot on to engage the starter,
> while trying to start the truck on a hill.  Your right foot had to hold 
> the
> brake, engage the starter and sorta flex the accelerator all at the same
> time.  I don't miss this feature either.  But I keep in practice as my '47
> Chevy 3/4 T has this feature.
>
> Ernie
> Collector of Samson Model M tractors
>
> 'In God We Trust'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sloane
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:46 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT I'm getting older are you?
>
> I remember most of those nostalgic items, some fondly, some not so much.
>
> The dimmer switch on the floor was not one of the auto industry's better
> ideas - it was exposed to all the (mud/snow/ice/manure/etc.) on the
> floor, and if you were in the middle of shifting gears and had to dim
> the headlights because of an oncoming vehicle it was a real dance. I was
> not sorry to see that "feature" become part of history.
>
> Mike
>
> pga2 at basicisp.net wrote:
>> I'm older than dirt too! I remember all 15.
>> Here's another one: 4 digit phone numbers.
>> And another: Ignition switches on the dashboard,
>> right next to the starter button you pressed to engage the starter.
>> (my 1953 Mercury had this "feature)
>> I still have a pickup with the dimmer switch on the floor.
>>
>> Phil in Durango, TX
>>
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