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

[Ernie]

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'

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sloane
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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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