Can you drive a car with

[Chester5732]

3 minutes ago, 39farmalla said:

I have got a 86 Dodge D-150 Custom 

It is an auto, but floor dimmer switch(😃)  And it has a fuel make it happener 

It also has the triangle windows that unlock and flip around

Used to have a old Dodge plow truck, Cummins, 5 speed, 4 wheel drive 

For a 11 year old plowing snow for the first time, it felt like trying to conduct a circus 

Sam

If it has the vent door that slides open by the passengers feet that will hold a six pack. 

[39farmalla]

1 minute ago, Chester5732 said:

If it has the vent door that slides open by the passengers feet that will hold a six pack. 

Yes Sir!!

Both my truck and the plow truck had them

Mighty chilly in the winter in the plow truck 'cause that door was KIA

Sam

[iowaboy1965]

9 minutes ago, 39farmalla said:

I have got a 86 Dodge D-150 Custom 

It is an auto, but floor dimmer switch(😃)  And it has a fuel make it happener 

It also has the triangle windows that unlock and flip around

Used to have a old Dodge plow truck, Cummins, 5 speed, 4 wheel drive 

For a 11 year old plowing snow for the first time, it felt like trying to conduct a circus 

Sam

They are called wing windows.

[iowaboy1965]

10 hours ago, IHC_1470 said:

How about 5 on the tree? CO1600 International. Three pedal foot shift car (Model T Ford for those who do not know). The only thing on this place with an auto is a 1976 Dodge motorhome. There are only two with the dimmer on the steering column. The Model T probably the only thing with manual choke but I can also adjust the mixture on the dash plus set timing advance. 

Grandpa grew up in the model t era. He always talked about the 3 pedals.

If I recall 1 for low/high, 1 reverse and 1 for brakes. He also talked about how folks leg would get tired of holding the pedal down for low and let up on it a bit causing the band to slip a bit and get band material in the oil and eventually clog up the oil return and starve a rod at the back or front of the engine. I can't recall which. They made a kit to externally oil the offending rod when that happened. He and a friend took 2 car loads of girls to ledges state park one Sunday and the friends T had this happen. They pulled into a little service station and waited while the mechanic installed the kit and fixed the rod and off they went. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know but for those who have never been around them. 

[Rick G.]

15 hours ago, acem said:

A manual transmission?

Manual choke?

Three on the tree?

These skills are passing away like cursive writing.

 

Yes, I could still properly manage that stuff if the need arose. 😃

[snoshoe]

2 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said:

If I recall 1 for low/high, 1 reverse and 1 for brake

Low pedal was just low. Hand clutch for direct drive or high.

[iowaboy1965]

14 minutes ago, snoshoe said:

Low pedal was just low. Hand clutch for direct drive or high.

Well I've never driven one. But I always thought Grandpa explained it as you released the lever and that let the pedal for low come all the way back up past neutral for high. But I may have misunderstood his explanation.  Grandpa passed in 89 or so and those conversations were ahead of that. So my memory may be faulty. Thank you snoshoe.

[smfarms]

On 11/6/2026 at 9:19 PM, IHC_1470 said:

How about 5 on the tree? CO1600 International. Three pedal foot shift car (Model T Ford for those who do not know). The only thing on this place with an auto is a 1976 Dodge motorhome. There are only two with the dimmer on the steering column. The Model T probably the only thing with manual choke but I can also adjust the mixture on the dash plus set timing advance. 

Yes to all. In high school worked for an IH dealer setting up new equipment. Had a CO1700 truck for delivery. 5 on the tree with 2sp. On the dash