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

[Gene Dotson]

    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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