And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
This one must have had that new fangled high beam selector on the column, otherwise it could have been that old metal button switch on the floor just below the parking brake.
I liked it when the gas pedal was hinged at the bottom and not hanging from the firewall. From driving trucks I suppose. Always thought you had better control.
My first automobile was a 1966 Chevy Corvair "Corsa" convertible with a 4-speeed manual transmission. With one exception, I have always had cars with manual gear boxes. Until I die, I plan to always have manual transmissions in my cars.
Similar here. First ride was a 62 Corvair Spyder (turbo) convertible, stick, and I've driven sticks most of my life, and still. A driver is in much better control of his vehicle when he must actually and continuously engage it for it to function properly.
If you're not controlling the transmission, you're just steering the car, not driving it. It's getting difficult to find standard transmissions anymore - I'm down to buying old vehicles in order to avoid automatics and quite honestly, with the premium on used vehicles these days, the practice of buying "used" doesn't save as much as it once did.
Yes to the high beam button. My '53 Chevy panel truck has a starter button on the floor by the gas pedal! Have to put your foot sideways to engage the starter sequence. Turn the key as much as you want and nothing will happen. Great anti theft device too, unscrew the starter button and take it with you!
Better known as a leg amputation device in a crash. Never understood why that pedal has to be positioned there. My vehicle's park brake is there. Scares hell out of me. IMHO it should be up near the bottom of the dash engineered to go upward into the back of the dash in a crash instead of back into your leg.
Up until my 60's, I always drove standard's. Developed a left ankle problem that forced me to give it up.
T, what do you mean you couldn't stall it? I bought my wife a 74 as a grocery runner , nice car but had so much gov air .crap it barely made 250 HP. Bubbarust
I taught my sons to drive in an old Toyota pickup that had 5 speed on the floor and was rusted out. It was on it last legs but they learned driving with manual tranny and not much power. The brakes and steering were fine so it was good for them learning in each year.
None of the kids know how to play an organ these days.
ReplyDeleteThis one must have had that new fangled high beam selector on the column, otherwise it could have been that old metal button switch on the floor just below the parking brake.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly
DeleteAnd the floor-mounted starter button. Yes, I'm that old.
DeleteI liked it when the gas pedal was hinged at the bottom and not hanging from the firewall. From driving trucks I suppose. Always thought you had better control.
ReplyDeleteMy first automobile was a 1966 Chevy Corvair "Corsa" convertible with a 4-speeed manual transmission. With one exception, I have always had cars with manual gear boxes. Until I die, I plan to always have manual transmissions in my cars.
ReplyDeleteSimilar here. First ride was a 62 Corvair Spyder (turbo) convertible, stick, and I've driven sticks most of my life, and still. A driver is in much better control of his vehicle when he must actually and continuously engage it for it to function properly.
DeleteIf you're not controlling the transmission, you're just steering the car, not driving it. It's getting difficult to find standard transmissions anymore - I'm down to buying old vehicles in order to avoid automatics and quite honestly, with the premium on used vehicles these days, the practice of buying "used" doesn't save as much as it once did.
DeleteYes to the high beam button. My '53 Chevy panel truck has a starter button on the floor by the gas pedal! Have to put your foot sideways to engage the starter sequence. Turn the key as much as you want and nothing will happen. Great anti theft device too, unscrew the starter button and take it with you!
ReplyDeleteBut you can roll it to start, so technically you don't need a starter.
DeleteCool make it easier to hot wire for the few of us that know how to do it. 70s model Fords with a dash key were the easiest.
DeleteIs that a parking brake pedal on far left?
ReplyDeleteYes, that peddle on the far left looks like the parking brake.
DeleteBetter known as a leg amputation device in a crash. Never understood why that pedal has to be positioned there. My vehicle's park brake is there. Scares hell out of me. IMHO it should be up near the bottom of the dash engineered to go upward into the back of the dash in a crash instead of back into your leg.
DeleteUp until my 60's, I always drove standard's. Developed a left ankle problem that forced me to give it up.
Nemo
I think the far left is a foot rest
ReplyDeleteThe pad on the floor at the left is the footrest.
DeleteI have a 74 Stingray that has a 4:11 limited slip rear. You can't stall the car dumping the clutch.
ReplyDeleteT, what do you mean you couldn't stall
ReplyDeleteit? I bought my wife a 74 as a grocery runner , nice car but had so much gov air .crap it barely made 250 HP.
Bubbarust
Put a "three on a tree" in front of them to really screw them up.
ReplyDeleteAww, go ya one better, get a Citroen with the shifter sticking out the center of the lower dashboard with no shift diagram - fun times.
ReplyDeleteI taught my sons to drive in an old Toyota pickup that had 5 speed on the floor and was rusted out. It was on it last legs but they learned driving with manual tranny and not much power. The brakes and steering were fine so it was good for them learning in each year.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the high beam push button?
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