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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