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

[charliehill]

Gene if you are talking about THIS Charlie  you are probably right.  I 
mis-understand a lot of things lately.  grins.

I agree, choking down at a stop going up hill is a problem, even without a 
foot starter.    That was part of my school bus drivers exam when I was in 
high school.   If you let the bus roll back on the re-start that mean man 
would yell at you!  LOL.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT I'm getting older are you?


>    Our Dad's 1949 Packard used a vacuum override for the starter switch on
> the accererator pedal. When the engine started the engine vacuum disabled
> the starter. Buick may have had the same system.
>
>    My 1952 and 1955 Studebakers both had overdrive transmissions. The
> transmission had a feature called a "Hill Holder" which prevented rolling
> backward when stopped on a hill. It engaged the overdrive sprags, locking 
> up
> the transmission when in any forward gears and a pin disengaged it when in
> neutral or reverse. I think Charlie misunderstood the statement made by
> Ernie about holding on a hill to restart after you stalled on takeoff.
>
>    The 1947 Studebaker truck used the starter under the clutch pedal. Was
> hard to keep them adjusted to not have to use excessive pressure or to 
> push
> it sideways just right to contact the starter switch.
>
>                        Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> ideas -
>>
>> I stil have more vehicles with the floor dimmer switch than the "new"
>> style
>> on the signal light switch.
>> Floor mounted push button starters were foreign to me when I first drove 
>> a
>> neighbours 52 Dodge pickup. I'd been used to Fords with their push button
>> for the starter on the dash. And of course the locking ignition switch
>> half
>> way down the steering column. The ones  I knew all had the key broken off
>> or
>> lost and  it was just a matter of flicking the toggle switch on and push
>> the
>> button on the dash. Hold the gas pedal just right, hope the old six volt
>> battery had enough juice to fire up the flathead V8. I learned a lot 
>> about
>> old engines on those Fords.
>> I recall a 59 Buick that somehow incorporated the starter button into the
>> gas pedal.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>>
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