harleybug88
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They were easy to use. Even if you had a three on a tree, or a four on the floor.
I've used one
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Yet people still leave their high beams on.
Fedora
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My first truck had one.
What is rather disturbing is the small text at the bottom. Yooper pasty? I didn't even know she danced...
What is rather disturbing is the small text at the bottom. Yooper pasty? I didn't even know she danced...
1977Brewer
Free Dan Hess.
My first three cars had one. I started driving in 1993. I drove beaters for a bit.
Wow. Flashback City...
Cheers! (licenced in '66 - when everything had the floor switch, even 10-wheelers...)
Cheers! (licenced in '66 - when everything had the floor switch, even 10-wheelers...)
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harleybug88
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Get your mind out of the gutter.
I noticed that too, but I was thinkin more like this kind of pasty. 
NervousDad
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My Dads ford had one
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My Alfa has one, but it is for the windshield wipers.
my 1949 Chevy had one to start it
I miss the floor button. It made such a satisfying click-click when you hit it. I miss my old Bronco.
Our old Studebaker had the high beam switch on the floor as well as the starter switch. The starter switch was under a tab that stuck out from the clutch pedal. Had to fully depress the clutch to start the car.
gratus fermentatio
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My Buick had one, my Ford had one, my Pontiac had one.
Regards, GF.
Regards, GF.
Brewenstein
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Yep - I know what that is. My Dad's '72 Ford F100 had one. Miss that truck. 3 on the tree.
We had a couple when I was a kid. I got to drive one or two before auto manufacturers started getting smarter.
The one in our old truck pushed through the floor once. maybe it was the old car we had. I can't remember.
The one in our old truck pushed through the floor once. maybe it was the old car we had. I can't remember.
Every car I had in my teens through 20's had those.
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Where God intended it to be.
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my 78 chevy scottsdale stepside has one.
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harleybug88
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I drove these trucks in the 90's. ( they made them from 1957 to 1990 )
They had the high beam switch too but also next to it they had a switch to activate the windshield washer fluid. ( it had a rubber boot over it )
You really had to put some foot action into it to make it work. I had a sales rep ride with me one time and he saw me use it and he was like "What the heck!"
I got a chuckle out of that.
They had the high beam switch too but also next to it they had a switch to activate the windshield washer fluid. ( it had a rubber boot over it )
You really had to put some foot action into it to make it work. I had a sales rep ride with me one time and he saw me use it and he was like "What the heck!"
I got a chuckle out of that.
dcrog
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I remember when they started the switch over. From KY so the joke was at the time that Indiana had to ban the switch on the column because the Hoosiers kept getting their foot stuck in the steering wheel.
Ahh. Memories.
Oh, and my 68 Mustang has one plus the foot operated windshield washer over it.
(If I ever get time to put it back together)
Ahh. Memories.
Oh, and my 68 Mustang has one plus the foot operated windshield washer over it.
(If I ever get time to put it back together)
This also reminds me of when Ford's windshield washer reservoir was a plastic sack on the apron.
Shoot, that reminds me I am going to have to replace mine in my 69 Stang when I get to that point!
It's been so long since I cut the floorboard out I can't remember if the switch was on the floor.
EDIT: Yep, floor mount. I remember taking it out now. It was hanging on by only half the sheet metal.
Looking through some pictures on my phone I came across this. It reminded me of this thread, so I'll just leave it here. Can was found cleaning the house of my wife's grandparents who had passed away.
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I only knew from driving military vehicles. I was first licensed in '99.
Very cool! They started a new radio promotion here discussing the history of shiner.
I remember when they started gaining prominence. Everyone in the generation before me thought "Since when did Shiner start making good beer?".
It was part of the paradigm shift that we would come to know as the Craft Beer Revolution.
I'd definitely keep that in my collection!
