Southern English

[PMA]

I grew up in SC hearing the term "Foot Feed".

These youngsters don't remember when the dimmer switch was on the floor. The last one I had was 91 Ford F-150

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[Bird]

These youngsters don't remember when the dimmer switch was on the floor. The last one I had was 91 Ford F-150

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My old memory is slipping. I had so many with the dimmer switch on the floor, upper left side, of course, that I'm not sure anymore which ones; maybe my '89 F250 was the last one. And how many remember (or even knew of) cars with manual transmissions that had the starter switch under the clutch pedal; just turn the key on, press the clutch all the way to the floor and that engaged the starter.

 

[bcp]

Or you turned the key on, then pushed a button to activate the starter.

I drove something with a manually engaged starter with a pedal on top of the transmission hump. Push on the pedal to engage the gears, then a little more to operate the electrical switch. Can't remember what it was.

Bruce

 

[Bird]

Or you turned the key on, then pushed a button to activate the starter.

And just the opposite. On my 1962 Austin Healey Sprite, you turned pm the key, then pulled a knob on the dash to engage the starter.

 

[buickanddeere]

Dimmer switch on the floor was a twit of a thing in salt country. The switch and internals would be rotten with corrosion .

 

[smstonypoint]

Help me remember. I learned to drive in my Dad's 1953 Chevrolet pickup. Was there a starter button (switch) on the floorboard?

Am I correct in remembering that it had a manual choke knob on the dash?

Steve

 

[Bird]

Dimmer switches on the floor was a pretty standard thing. But then my 1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville had an automatic dimmer switch; an electric eye (I guess you'd call it) mounted on top of the left end of the dash. The lights from oncoming traffic would cause my headlight to change to low beam, and it you wanted them on high beam anyway, you could just put you hand over that thing to shut out light from getting to it, and the headlights changed back to high beam.

 

[Bird]

Help me remember. I learned to drive in my Dad's 1953 Chevrolet pickup. Was there a starter button (switch) on the floorboard?

Am I correct in remembering that it had a manual choke knob on the dash?

Steve

Steve, I don't recall the Chevy pickups having a starter button on the floor, but I do think you had the manual choke knob on the dash.

 

[k0ua]

Yep 53 chevy pickup had a foot starter switch

 

[/pine]

I seem to remember a foot starter on a '55' Willys PU I had...seems the foot button was actually part of the starter itself?