You are getting old if you know what the one on the far left is for.

You are old if you know what the one on the far right is for.

Headlight dimmer button on the left floor board...... and the starter on the right.....Mark

Yep, dimmer switch. I had one on my first 3 cars.

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Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:
You are getting old if you know what the one on the far left is for.

You are old if you know what the one on the far right is for.

Left: headlight dimmer

Right: starter

Nope, I'm not getting old. I AM old!

Have not read any response yet. Dimmer switch!

Edited to add: Clutch, starter. Didn't shift the view far enough to see the other ones.

How many driving cars today actually know about the clutch pedal?

My first car was a Model A pickup. Had all of the above listed stuff + an in-cab carb adjustment, and a timing lever on the steering column. Oh, also did not have spark plug wires! Flat copper strips that clipped to the distributor and to the spark plugs.

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Good to know that I'm only getting old, instead of just being old.

Didn't know the far right one, but knew the far left.

And least we not forget about the manual choke knob on the early models that you pulled out by hand...The colder the motor and outside temperature was the further you had to pull the knob out.....Mark

I liked those rubber mats. They always looked better well worn like those in your pic. A lot of character on them.

I’m not that old and my first truck had both the dimmer and the starter pedal.

I'm not old enough to have remembered the foot starter. However, I am old enough to want to beat the person who made the decision to take the headlight dimmer off the floor. For me, it was so much better there.

Those were the days. Reminds me of the time I had to hunt down a six volt electric choke.

How about push button transmission controls?

I installed one a few years ago in a truck I had that was way too new to have one. Someone tried to steal it from the previous owner and destroyed the column gear. Dealer and the junkie wanted way too much for a new one, plus way too much work. That was a much easier fix.

This is how our old Willys Jeep is set up. I will keep the knowledge alive as I am 36 right now.

Yup, I’d have said Ford headlight dimmer, but as I think about it Mom’s old ‘72 Pontiac Grand Safari wagon (only vehicle I ever saw where you opened the hood and a 455 cubic inch engine looked small in there) had the same switch.

Our ~2000 Cat 312B excavator uses a very similar switch (but not latching) in a very similar location for the horn. Go figure.

Yep, that was pretty much the standard for years. Any one of you guys remember HD and Indian cycles with the foot clutch? I also had bikes with the spark advance on the left hand grip, and fuel on the right hand grip that you had to roll upwards instead of down as it is these days. Cool stuff

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
How about push button transmission controls?

The first car I purchased was in '62. It had push button transmission controls...58 Edsel Pacer convertible.

I absolutely hated the floor headlight dimmer switch. I suppose it wasn’t such a big deal with an automatic transmission, but I’ve never owned a vehicle like that, and there would inevitably be a time when I had my foot on the clutch when I needed to dim the lights. The foot switch could also get gunked up with dirt and/or ice/snow and stop working.

Other advancements I always wondered why they took so long to be invented were electric windshield wiper motors and various controls on the steering column.

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Originally posted by hbabler:
I’m not that old and my first truck had both the dimmer and the starter pedal.

Mine also.

Flashback of lefthand lug nuts.