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Lex Anteinternet: Aging and ignition.

Lex Anteinternet: Aging and ignition.: 

Aging and ignition.

Recently I was in Denver and had to rent a car.  I rented some sort of newer Toyota SUV.

For the second time in recent months, when I got in the car, I was baffled by how to start it.  Really a sign, I suppose, that I've aged to a point where some new technologies through me.  When I rented the car, they told me that the "keys are in the car."  Indeed, the "key" was in the ignition.  But it wasn't a key at all, it was really a fob that was inserted in a slot.  No key.  It didn't turn. And because it didn't turn, I had a moment where I couldn't figure out how to start the car.

I then noticed the on/off button depicted above, and pushed it.

Nothing happened.

It quickly became apparent, however, that what I needed to do was to push on the brake, and push on.  Once I did that, it started just fine.  I drove into Denver and found a spot in a parking lot. There was a moment of tension when I pushed off, but it turned off just fine.

This is all a little silly of course, but every car I've ever owned took a key.  They all started when you turned the ignition switch clock wise.  They didn't all work exactly the same way, however.

The 1954 Chevrolet Sedan I had actually didn't require a key to start it.  The key only unlocked the ignition.  Once the ignition switch was unlocked, you could remove the key.  I had no idea this was the case until my uncle showed me, and I was frankly stunned that was the case.

My old 1954 Chevrolet Deluxe.

At least one car I had actually had the keyed ignition added.  That was my first Jeep. As the Jeep had been an Army Jeep originally, I know that it originally had switch ignition, but not key.  All the purpose built military vehicles were that way, and I've driven quite a few of those. They varied in how they started, with floor starters being quite common.  Floor starters were common on pickup trucks at one time, although you still needed a key to turn the ignition on.

My 1958 M38A1.  It had a key ignition, but it was aftermarket.

I've never owned a vehicle with a floor starter.  All the vehicles I have owned had keyed ignition.  I'm not in any hurry to replace any of the vehicles I have, but based upon what I've recently been seeing, that's becoming a thing of the past.  Odd to think that something I've just taken as a given that way, is on the way out.  

Of course, even at that, keyed ignition was an innovation.  I don't really know how they started, but very early vehicles, like Model Ts, did not have keyed ignition.  So this change isn't unprecedented, but it is a surprise.

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Lex Anteinternet: M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Lex Anteinternet: M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.: 

M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

M38A1 with a recoilless rifle.

The first automobile I ever owned was a M38A1.

The prototype for the modern Jeep, basically, it entered civilian use as the CJ5, after entering military use in 1952.  Doubtless examples are still in use, and civilians varians are still produced by Roxor in India.

 Last edition:

M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 4x4, Automobiles, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Radio, Trucks, Wyoming (Dubois)

Lex Anteinternet: National Museum of Military Vehicles. World War One Display.

Lex Anteinternet: National Museum of Military Vehicles. World War O...:   

National Museum of Military Vehicles. World War One Display.

 

Inside of Renault tank.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, January 31, 1925. White's 25th Anniversary.

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Saturday, January 31, 1925. Leonhard Seppala and Togo.

And the second for White Truck's 25th anniversary.

Of course, the humor magazine Judge was out as well.

Lex Anteinternet: Equipment of the Vietnam War, National Museum of Museum of Military Vehicles. M-422 Jeep.

Lex Anteinternet: Equipment of the Vietnam War, National Museum of M...:

Equipment of the Vietnam War, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois Wyoming.

I wasn't even aware of the M-422's existence as a actual service item.  I've seen them on a television series from the 60s and assumed they were just a studio item substituting for a real Jeep.  Offhand, I think that was from The Lieutenant which only had one run, that being in 1963.

Lex Anteinternet: British and Commonwealth WWII Vehicles, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Lex Anteinternet: British and Commonwealth WWII Vehicles, National M...: 

British and Commonwealth WWII Vehicles, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Last edition:

U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima. National Museum of Military History.

Labels: 1940s, Armor, Iwo Jima, National Museum of Military Vehicles, United States Marine Corps, Weapons, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)