It wasn't always a foot feed or even a pedal. There were cars in the teen's and 20's that used a "hand throttle". My 1948 model from FMC has one of these, but only to control the fast idle during warm up.
Paul W.
I guess I know what group this puts me in. I remember all of these except "foot feed". I've always called it the "gas pedal".
My dad had a car with running boards that I rode on a few times.
John
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Fun reading for us older folks...
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a "certain age" would remember most of these. OH!!!!!!those were the days!!!! This is the shortened version.
What the heck is a fender skirt?
I came across this phrase in a book yesterday "FENDER SKIRTS". A term I haven't heard in a long time and thinking about
"fen der skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice.
Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs." Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the "running board" up to the house?
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the end
angered list. The one that grieves me most ! "supper. " Now everybody says "dinner." Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Lyall
81 Imperial
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