Tony and museums (was Xerox Alto..)

18 Oct 2010

...
    I remember when the dimmer switch was a button for the
left foot.  I;'ve never been in such a car, but I've got plenty of books
describing
 them. A friend of mine drives a car where the (oriignal equipment)
 windscreen washer pump is on the floor, left foot operated.  
 The starter motor used to be operated by a floor button 
The starter used to be a crack handle :-). Very useful for setting the 
valve clearnances, static ignition timing and the like.

Some older UK cars (Morris Minors, cetainly) had a pull knob (like the
choke control) on the dashboard for the starter. It was linked to a bowden
cable which operated a high current swtich on top of the starter motor 
itself (there was no 'starter solenouid', which is basically a high 
current relay). I don;t know whether there was a mechancial linkage to 
engage the pinion with the fglywheel teeth, or whether it used a 'Bendix 
drive'. 

-tony

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