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| | | | Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 18 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 18 | I have a 1934 Chevrolet 30 cwt or 1 1/2 ton big bolt it has a cable throttle o the dash as well as a foot throttle on the floor and a and throttle on the steering column. can some one explain why this was done the truck was shipped to Australia and the body maker here was Holden body works but i am thinking that the throttles would have been done at its build point in USA. any help would be appreciated. the motor was made on the 5th on September 1934 and was a master and truck motor
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1934 1-1/2 ton truck (Australia)
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 | Hello psmith,
Welcome to the Stovebolt site. All of the US made trucks made pretty much from the beginning of time up to the automatic choke era have both a hand and foot throttle. The hand throttle is primarily used in initial start up of the engine much like the fast idle cam on later model carburetors. The hand throttle was also used to add RPM for winching, dumping, creeping along in farm fields, or other tasks requiring a little more engine speed. I have never seen a throttle on the steering column. A picture would be great. Hopefully someone with greater knowledge of 1930's vintage Holden's can shed some light on this.
Paul | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Where are you AUSTRALIA is a big country
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 18 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 18 | Hi I am in Queensland just outside Brisbane towards Toowoomba. as I originally said i have a throttle cable on the dash board and there i also one for the foot accelerator but i have no idea as to why there would be three here re photos of the upper and lower connections on the steering column https://photos.app.goo.gl/dmEPp6mEKpjnpJ5s6
Last edited by psmith1954; 09/20/2018 10:01 PM.
1934 1-1/2 ton truck (Australia)
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,214 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,214 | Your links don't work... Mike B  | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 | They didn't for me either. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Didn’t work in for me in Newcastle nsw downunder
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
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1934 1-1/2 ton truck (Australia)
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 | That steering column throttle does not look like original equipment- - - -maybe it's been adapted from a Model A or Model T Ford. The notched quadrant and the lever looks identical to what's on a Model T.
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1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 | Model A's used a lever somewhat like yours on the column to adjust the mixture. I haven't a clue why.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,061 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,061 | Model A's used a lever somewhat like yours on the column to adjust the mixture. I haven't a clue why. On Model A's the left hand lever was manual spark advance (there was no centrifugal or vacuum advance) and right hand lever was throttle. The mixture adjustment was a knob on the right side below the dash that connected to a rod going down to the carburetor. It served a dual purpose of choke (pull out) and mixture adjustment (turn).
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