<VV> Neutral Safety switch

[kenpepke at juno.com]

Actually there was a 'depress-clutch to crank' switch on many later 60s era U.S. cars long before government intervention ... My 3 speed Elcamino had one.  The transmission had to be shifted to reverse to lock the ignition and remove the key from the switch.  Even my lawn tractor of that time required pulling the cutting blades up so as to be out of motion and depressing the clutch to crank the engine.  GM did not see fit to upgrade the Corvair probably because it had become such a limited production vehicle.  
Ken P   



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Sethracer at aol.com wrote: [in part]

 As far as the Corvair-era  
cars, did the car companies think that automatic transmission drivers were  
stupider than manual transmission drivers? Is that the reason for the neutral  
safety switch? That era had no "depress-clutch to crank" switch.  
Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette



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