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06-19-2014, 09:17 PM | #1 |
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OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
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06-19-2014, 09:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
Looked in Ford parts book, it's a windshield washer foot control.
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
Auto transmission modulator ?????????
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
Foot controlled windshield washer pump. Bob C is correct. Mounts on the floor.
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
I like those ole fashioned foot controled devices.
I guess that most of us remember the foot controled dimmer switches. That still seems like a good idea to me. I don't know why they have all gone. I had an Oldsmobile that had a foot controled signaal chaser that you operated with your foot. I bet that they will come back,sometime, and advertised as "new" ! MIKE (mikeburch) |
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06-25-2014, 08:50 PM | #9 |
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
A foot controlled windshield washer. I NEVER would have come up with that.
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I guess that most of us remember the foot controled dimmer switches. That still seems like a good idea to me. I don't know why they have all gone. Much more economical to build it in to a multi use plastic switch than a separate foot controlled switch. And really, the mast mounted switches do tend to last much longer than the foot switches did.
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
How 'bout the foot control to change stations on 46-48 (?) Fords and Mercs?
My '54 Olds 98 had 3 floor buttons, one to change stations on wonderbar radio, one to manually dim/raise head lights and one to over ride autronic eye to high beam if oncoming car refuses to dim. If it had a foot starter I wouldn't have had any room for my foot! I would still prefer to have those driving experiences than have a car that talks to me! Howard |
06-26-2014, 08:54 AM | #12 |
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
My '48 Pontiac had a large pedal for the starter placed right above the gas pedal. You stepped on the pedal to push the starter gear onto the flywheel and get the electrical connection at the same time. You would use your heel to give it a little gas.
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06-26-2014, 10:14 AM | #13 |
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Re: OK, it's not a vacuum advance....
Didn't some GMs (Buick maybe) from that era have the starter switch under the gas pedal? You basically floored the car to start it. I imagine there were a lot of flooded cars with that system.
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