TOM WALKER wrote to MARK LEWIS:

 ML>> i seem to recall they used to be buttons on the floor like the old
 ML>> high beam headlight switches... the old truck we used on my
 ML>> g-father's farm had its starter switch on the floor... with the
 ML>> clutch, brake, gas and highbeams...

 TW> That as a GM Feature back in the 40's, Maybe even before. The Starter
 TW> was acticated by pressing a pedal located under the dashboard just
 TW> above the gas pedal

That was a cost accounting way of saving money. They avoided the starter
solenoid (Cad, LaSalle, Buick and Olds had them) by incorporating a
manually operated foot switch attached directly to the starter. You can
still buy a replacement for about $20 and it will fit 1929 - 1937 and
later Chevy's that didn't have a solenoid operated starter. My dad's 46
Chevy had the switch and I remember some 1950s pickups that still used
that switch.


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