I remember it quite well - Buick used in from (?) '47 or so through the mid - 50's . just push the accellerator pedal to the floor and the engine starts - sweet .

Any one here remember Studebaker's " Hill Holder " ? - as long as you were in gear with the clutch pedal on the floor , the car would not roll back .

All these and more were great inventions but stupid drivers made them all obsolete .

-Nate
There is no problem so difficult it cannot be overcome by generous application of brute force & ignorance