keyless or push button?

with the model "T" ford, you turned the ignition switch to the on position,
and then used the hand crank to turn the engine over to start.
"kokosmom" <syrlyn.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How did the first automobile's engines start. Did they always have
> keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
> with a button.
>
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On 3 Mar 2007 20:18:01 -0800, "kokosmom" <syrlyn.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

>How did the first automobile's engines start. Did they always have
>keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
>with a button.

The ignition key was a relatively late commer to the game... Many
times there was an ignition switch, and a starter button or peddle
(which also engauged the starter to the flywheel).

All came *after* the electric starter, of course.
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>> keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
>> with a button.
>
> Yes, all of the young idiots who think the "start" button on some
> new cars is "kool" (sic) don't realize that this method of starting
> was popular on cars in the 1930s and 1940s. (Though of course those
> cars lacked the transistorized wireless "key" the new models use.)
> Everything old is new again!
>

I get a kick out of that. When key ignitions became available, automakers
fell over themselves promoting the "new" and "modern" method that eliminated
the pushbutton start.

Rabbit
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yeah, my 48 chevrolet truch has a paddle that u step on to start it..

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> On 3 Mar 2007 20:18:01 -0800, "kokosmom" <syrlyn DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>How did the first automobile's engines start. Did they always have
>>keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
>>with a button.
>
> The ignition key was a relatively late commer to the game... Many
> times there was an ignition switch, and a starter button or peddle
> (which also engauged the starter to the flywheel).
>
> All came *after* the electric starter, of course.
>
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Mine had a pedal.

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 13:49:48 +0100, "rob" <cthuurling DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
wrote:

>yeah, my 48 chevrolet truch has a paddle that u step on to start it..
>
>"PeterD" <peter2 DeleteThis @hipson.net> schreef in bericht
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>> On 3 Mar 2007 20:18:01 -0800, "kokosmom" <syrlyn DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>How did the first automobile's engines start. Did they always have
>>>keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
>>>with a button.
>>
>> The ignition key was a relatively late commer to the game... Many
>> times there was an ignition switch, and a starter button or peddle
>> (which also engauged the starter to the flywheel).
>>
>> All came *after* the electric starter, of course.
>>
>
 >> Stay informed about: keyless or push button? 

Some cars including pre 1960's Buicks and some Chevys and Packards had a
switch on the accelerator pedal to activate the starter.
Roy
"kokosmom" <syrlyn RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How did the first automobile's engines start. Did they always have
> keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
> with a button.
>
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some had a knob you would push that was attached to a metal rod that went
through the firewall to a switch on the starter, and the older vehicles that
were made before electric starters had a crank on the front of the engine.
"ROY BRAGG" <rbragg2 DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Some cars including pre 1960's Buicks and some Chevys and Packards had a
> switch on the accelerator pedal to activate the starter.
> Roy
> "kokosmom" <syrlyn DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1172981881.048902.130660@8g2000cwh.googlegroups.com...
>> How did the first automobile's engines start. Did they always have
>> keys? I think I remember my great grandfather's car being started
>> with a button.
>>
>
>
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Studebaker also did this.
Roy
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> In article <V5zmi.2602$2o5.868@trnddc03>, ROY BRAGG wrote:
>> Some cars including pre 1960's Buicks and some Chevys and Packards had a
>> switch on the accelerator pedal to activate the starter.
>
> Some of the old Nashes put the starter button under the clutch pedal
> as a safety feature. (You had to fully depress the clutch to start
> the engine.)
>
> --
> Roger Blake
> (Subtract 10s for email.)
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I remember one lady's Nash, maybe 1949-50-51, with the old Hydramatic
that used reverse for park, had the starter actuated by pulling the
(column) gearshift lever toward the steering wheel when it was in
neutral.

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:22:42 GMT, "ROY BRAGG" <rbragg2.RemoveThis@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Studebaker also did this.
>Roy
>"Roger Blake" <rogblake10.RemoveThis@iname10.com> wrote in message
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>> In article <V5zmi.2602$2o5.868@trnddc03>, ROY BRAGG wrote:
>>> Some cars including pre 1960's Buicks and some Chevys and Packards had a
>>> switch on the accelerator pedal to activate the starter.
>>
>> Some of the old Nashes put the starter button under the clutch pedal
>> as a safety feature. (You had to fully depress the clutch to start
>> the engine.)
>>
>> --
>> Roger Blake
>> (Subtract 10s for email.)
>
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I thought I remembered my car trivia, but this is one I forgot.
Roy
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>I remember one lady's Nash, maybe 1949-50-51, with the old Hydramatic
> that used reverse for park, had the starter actuated by pulling the
> (column) gearshift lever toward the steering wheel when it was in
> neutral.
>
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:22:42 GMT, "ROY BRAGG" <rbragg2.DeleteThis@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Studebaker also did this.
>>Roy
>>"Roger Blake" <rogblake10.DeleteThis@iname10.com> wrote in message
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>>> In article <V5zmi.2602$2o5.868@trnddc03>, ROY BRAGG wrote:
>>>> Some cars including pre 1960's Buicks and some Chevys and Packards had
>>>> a
>>>> switch on the accelerator pedal to activate the starter.
>>>
>>> Some of the old Nashes put the starter button under the clutch pedal
>>> as a safety feature. (You had to fully depress the clutch to start
>>> the engine.)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Roger Blake
>>> (Subtract 10s for email.)
>>
>
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