I saw one of the strangest factory items on a car.

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Saw the strangest thing this weekend while I was working on my girlfriends 67 Mustang. We filled the windshield washer fluid to see if we could get it working. We got the winshield wipers to work so now its time for fluid right? Well we looked everywhere inside for a button to push to get it to start squirting. After about 30 minutes of pushing buttons and pulling leverls, I decided to trace the line that came from the fill sack. Yeah I said fill sack. Anyway after tracing the lines to the inside of the car I found a pump mechanism that has to be hit with your feet to make the fluid squirt onto the windshield. Im not even kidding. Im serious. Yes a foot pump in the location of the parking brake. We couldn't stop laughing then yes of course we persisted to pump the fluid with our feet to see if it would shoot over the car with a good kick. Yup it did. :lol:
 
My friend's old Opel Manta had a foot pump like that. At stoplights, you could squirt the windshield of the car behind you (and he did) but at 50 mph the best it would do is a little dribble at the bottom of the windshield.
 
A buddy of mine had an old ass F-150 back in high school. It had a foot-activated high beam button. It was down on the floor, near the pedal for the parking brake. Weird, but worked. I guess Ford likes you to use every appendage available when driving. HA HA :lol:

Hilg
 
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A buddy of mine had an old ass F-150 back in high school. It had a foot-activated high beam button. It was down on the floor, near the pedal for the parking brake. Weird, but worked. I guess Ford likes you to use every appendage available when driving. HA HA :lol:

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Almost ALL old cars have that. Thats not uncommon at all. Chevy, Oldsmobile, dodge, ford everything had that. Even my 1979 chevy truck has that.
 
That was the first I ever saw of it. Weird. Then again, the oldest vehicle I've ever owned was my '88 Cherokee that I started with. OK, so I guess its not that weird now.

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I've seen the foot pump before, but it was on a Mustang come to think of it. I'll have to ask my dad if he remembers any other cars like that.
 
Someone else on here claimed that a VW beetle's winshield washer squirters are operated from air pressure in the spare tire. That's an even stranger feature, if it's true.

280ZXs have what some people call an electric turbo. "But electric turbos are total BS, why would and OEM use one?", you may think. Well, that's what I though, so I asked around. Turns out it's actually a fan used to cool off the intake manifold because it's on the same side as the exhaust. Wierd and stupid design.
 
TsLeng
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How about a foot operated horn next? :dopey:
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I think that WRC cars do have that, although it's in the co-driver's side.

I always thought that the handbrake in my mum's Mercedes was odd, being a pedal on the floor to put it on and a handle in the dash between the steering wheel and the door to release it, but it looks, from this thread, like that's quite common.
 
Hiya! :D :O :lol: Meow! (='.'=)

That is very interesting....the squirter button for that Mustang is in down there! :O I think I need to go see my friend who also have a 67 Mustang and try it myself! :lol:
 
McLaren'sAngel
Hiya! :D :O :lol: Meow! (='.'=)

That is very interesting....the squirter button for that Mustang is in down there! :O I think I need to go see my friend who also have a 67 Mustang and try it myself! :lol:
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It is only on certain cars. My friend has a 65 and a 67 Mustang and his squirter is electronic like most other cars in the world. I think it came on cars that had the least amount of options possible. As stated above "cost cutting" :lol:
I would like to see pics of your friends 67 Mustang. :) Is it a fastback or coupe?
 
Roo
I think that WRC cars do have that, although it's in the co-driver's side.

I always thought that the handbrake in my mum's Mercedes was odd, being a pedal on the floor to put it on and a handle in the dash between the steering wheel and the door to release it, but it looks, from this thread, like that's quite common.
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Thats very typical for automatic transmission cars. My ex's C230 Kompressor was like that, so are my parents automatic cars.
 
Can you actually control how much fluid you can spray on the windshield by how hard you pump? Excellent! :D
 
next time you listen to lil jon, you can roll down your windows and crank the volume...all the while kicking the water pump everytime the word "skeet" is mentioned.

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old holdens in australia had a foot switch for... er, either the interior light or the high beams, i can't remember

a mate of mine would always fool people into believing he had a hidden switch on the sun visor. he'd tap the visor and actuate the foot switch at the same time, the light would work. then he'd say "here you try" and no matter how hard you tried, it wouldn't work. "no, you're not doing it right, like this" tap tap :sly:
 
Super Jamie
old holdens in australia had a foot switch for... er, either the interior light or the high beams, i can't remember

a mate of mine would always fool people into believing he had a hidden switch on the sun visor. he'd tap the visor and actuate the foot switch at the same time, the light would work. then he'd say "here you try" and no matter how hard you tried, it wouldn't work. "no, you're not doing it right, like this" tap tap :sly:
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As stated a couple posts up(post 7), the light switch on the floor is nothing unusual for older cars. It is for high beams, low beams.
 
I always thought that the handbrake in my mum's Mercedes was odd, being a pedal on the floor to put it on and a handle in the dash between the steering wheel and the door to release it, but it looks, from this thread, like that's quite common.
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Dead common in the states. I have only had one car with a centre parking brake handle, a Japanese market Camry (when they were first imported into the states). there's something about american safety requirements (in my opinion) that moves every potential damaging artifact well away from the driver. apparently only now we're putting the shifter back on the floor instead of on the column. but, then again, Americans like to have either a front bench seat or a centre console with six million cupholers, half a dozen power points...and no ashtray :P
 
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Dead common in the states. I have only had one car with a centre parking brake handle, a Japanese market Camry (when they were first imported into the states). there's something about american safety requirements (in my opinion) that moves every potential damaging artifact well away from the driver. apparently only now we're putting the shifter back on the floor instead of on the column. but, then again, Americans like to have either a front bench seat or a centre console with six million cupholers, half a dozen power points...and no ashtray :P
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Almost all cars with factory bucket seats have the center parking brake. My daily driver has it in the centerand many of the other vehicles I have driven had it too. 1996 Firebird Formula, Dodge shadow, Ford Escort.
Older cars didnt though. Almost all old muscle cars have it on the left side and you push it down with your foot. The release it with a lever on the dash. I personally hate those. My truck has the one on the dash too. Really depends on the car. Most full size trucks have it on the dash. Now that I think about it I think all trucks have it on the dash. I will check and be right back.
 

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