What is this Button For?

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
What is this button for? Its on the lower dash to the left of the steering column.



http://www.classiccar.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1799&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1



It looks as though on some there was a 2nd hole to the right of this one, but this one doesn't have it punched out.



Jay

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  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    jsrail wrote:
    What is this button for? Its on the lower dash to the left of the steering column.

    http://www.classiccar.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1799&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

    It looks as though on some there was a 2nd hole to the right of this one, but this one doesn't have it punched out.

    Jay
    That's the starter button! ;)

    Someone was commenting the other day that they thought the new cars coming out with a start button was cool - I laughed! This person didn't know a lot of the older cars came with this type of system.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Well learn something new everyday! lol I guess the button on the floor is the headlight dimmer switch then?



    Jay
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    rambos_ride wrote:
    That's the starter button! ;)

    awww,you ruined it! you could have said "self destruct"
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    jsrail wrote:
    Well learn something new everyday! lol I guess the button on the floor is the headlight dimmer switch then?

    Jay
    Yep! That would be it! I'm leaving all that the same and just converting to 12v. Some of the Hudsons (not sure if it was stepdowns?) had foot controls for the radio. :cool:

    That's ok - I had to ask on the forum what the little amber light was for on the left side...
  • Nevada Hudson
    Nevada Hudson Senior Contributor
    My 50 Commodore 6 Has its factory foglight switch to the right of the starter button. It turns on like the headlight switch that is to the right of the steering wheel.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    That is one of the following:



    a.) Ejection seat button

    b.) Smoke screen button

    c.) Oil slick button

    d.) Submarine button

    e.) The tree cutting down button

    f.) Spridal and Chim Chim trunk opener button



    Hummm. Perhaps I am confusing things with James Bond and Speed Racer
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    did you find the button under the gas pedal yet?
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    I thought it was the hydrosolater actuator which scrambles the frooglie particulates for the digital rejiggerator.

    Geoff.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Geoff C., N.Z. wrote:
    I thought it was the hydrosolater actuator which scrambles the frooglie particulates for the digital rejiggerator.

    Geoff.

    NOW THATS FUNNY! i'M STILL LAUGHING!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Speaking of the push starter, no one has mentioned it yet, but I saw a convertible with a starter button. Unfortunately, Doc doesn't have one. Was this a dealer option or strictly an aftermarket thing? The ones I've seen (Jay's included) certainly look factory-installed.



    Russell
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Hudson got rid of the starter button for the 52 model year. They went to key start. The 51 Hornet has it. These are factory items.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    frankmn wrote:
    did you find the button under the gas pedal yet?

    My Mom had a 1957 Buick Estate Wagon that started when you pushed the gas pedal to the floor. It also had a wonder bar radio that you could change the radio station from a button on the floor. Ron
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Studebaker had the starter switch under the clutch pedal in the early 50’s. About 50 years ahead of the DOT mandated “clutch pedal must be depressed before starting” feature required on modern stickshifts. Packard also used a gas pedal start switch (mounted on the carb) until around 1953.



    Funny to see a new Lexus advert touting the “start button”….everything old is new again…lol.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    And the Viper, new Mopars in general, Honda, Ford GT, etc, etc...
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Ron P wrote:
    My Mom had a 1957 Buick Estate Wagon that started when you pushed the gas pedal to the floor. It also had a wonder bar radio that you could change the radio station from a button on the floor. Ron



    Your mom had an excellent Buick Wagon! Do you still have that old thing? It sure was a beauty. :cool:
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