Nash had a starter button mounted beside the clutch pedal, with a small tab attached to the underside of the pedal to depress the button when the clutch was pushed all the way to the floor. The 1950's Buick straight 8's were the slick ones- - - -a switch in the carburetor cranked the engine when the driver stepped on the gas pedal, then the switch was disabled by manifold vacuum once the engine started.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!