Posted by Texasmark1 on January 15, 2017 at 13:14:16 from (75.106.104.97):
In Reply to: Re: On Made in America posted by Ivan in Mich on January 15, 2017 at 07:03:58:
GM mounted the starting solenoid on top of the starter. Hence the convenience of making the function mechanical using toe pressure and in the day since you usually had to have the accelerator depressed or depress it up and down to keep the thing running once it lit off, that was a convenient place for the driver.
Ford mounted their solenoid usually on the firewall or somewhere under the hood on sheet metal and had a push button and an electrical on/off switch. For the longest time you had to open your door with your key in your right hand, left hand pushing the button and pulling on the thing and once inside, you had to switch hands and put the key in on the left side (mom's '51 custom 2 door sedan) of the dash where GM had the key on the right.
Then I remember Ford had it on the tree.....grandpaw's '40 Coupe, in Black of course.....Henry's motto: "You can have any color car you want (back in the day of the T and A) as long as it's black".
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