That button on the floor is a haeck of a lot better than putting it on the turn signal lever.
Pic of car with starter button on the floor.
Inserting a key and turning it beyond the on position started the car.
On my 98 lincoln you pull the turn signal lever to turn on the bright lights and you push the lever away from you to get the low beams hoping that you don t turn on the windshield wipers in doing the push pull scenerio.
Starting a car with the floor mounted starter was sometimes a challenge.
Here is a 1954 early 1955 chevrolet truck wiring diagram that includes the hydra matic push button start wiring dashed lines diagram but you have to use a beefy switch wire for the 6 volt amperage.
It had two floor mounted switches.
Previously the starter was operated by a separate button on the dash or by a button on the floor above the accelerator pedal.
Chevrolet starter pedal pad rubber button for foot starter this is the rubber pad on the starter pedal on the floor.
If you decide to change from manual foot start to a push button start.
The hydra matic truck has a solenoid starter.
It has a 2 inch diameter and a 1 1 4 inch total height.
Can anyone today even shift the old transmissions by old i mean the old straight cut non synchronized gearboxes.
That way you would not only power up the starter motor but also engage the starter to the flywheel manually.
Starter buttons were mounted on the instrument panel or floor depending on model until 1949 when chrysler replaced the starter button with a key starter switch.
In the old days it was a button in the general vicinity left of the brake pedal so even in an unfamiliar car all you had to do was tap around with your toe a few times to find it.
This is the ford starter button group in the starter section of the 32 56 car and truck classic ford parts list at cg ford parts.
Your left foot was on the brake pedal heel of your right foot on the accelerator and the toe of your right foot pushing on the starter.
The starter was a small round pedal to the right of the gas pedal not really a button.
The dimmer switch as shown in the post but it also had a floor mounted starter switch that if my memory is correct was located to the right side of the gas pedal.