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Mayfield

Mayfield Report 30 Apr 2017 08:25

Just like riding a bike Sharron! Piece of cake in the days before steering locks when the ign key was in the dashboard! :-D :-D

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

Sharron

Sharron Report 30 Apr 2017 12:15

It was indeed, but I can't remember how one (I am not going to say I) did it.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 30 Apr 2017 23:01

LOL the ignition key /lock was a convenience, not a deterrent

in the days of customising the car with many headlights/switches and the like......I had a switch on my singer vogue that shorted out the points.......... that also disconnected the fuel pump(on my wolseley)...

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 30 Apr 2017 23:50

Sharron, this wasn't hot-wiring - some Morris Minors actually had a 'start' button under the bonnet. ;-)

...as if I could hot-wire when I haven't even got a licence :-0 :-| ;-) ;-) ;-)

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 1 May 2017 14:38

Remember the happy days when the start button and dipswitch were on the floor! :-)

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

Sharron

Sharron Report 1 May 2017 15:32

So was the Wilson pre-select switch on busses and it took me years to find out what the point of a pre-select gearbox was.

This thread has made me realize how much I have forgotten. You could turn over from under the bonnet couldn't you? I had lost that completely but have never forgotten or stopped mourning the passing of the starting handle.

Caroline

Caroline Report 1 May 2017 15:46

What colouful past some have had, and unknown powers of seeing into the future...I take it back Rollo you can indeed foretell the future of the UK :-D :-D

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