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Originally Posted by rattlsnak
One is for the high beams the other one controls the "seek/next station' feature on the radio. Common on mid 70s to mid 80s Chrysler high line cars.. (New Yorker, etc..)
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Interesting! I've owned or worked on several antiques with foot switches for low/high beams (mostly 30s and 40s vintages) but never knew that anyone adopted foot switches for other purposes.
My current antique (1938 Buick) has one of these switches for high/low and starter is also foot actuated, but not via one of these switches... To start the car you insert the key, turn a switch on the column to make the ignition hot, then pump the gas pedal once to start the engine. There is a switch attached to the carb which is actuated by the movement of the throttle, and also cuts off (stops sending juice to the starter) once there is sufficient vacuum moving through the carb to indicate the engine is running. Pretty neat design.
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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