Most below 35 yrs old won’t have a clue, lol

I had one of those on an old Mercedes back in the 1960's. The metal ring would turn on the wipers temporarily while the bulb would pump washer fluid.

That makes sense it was in a Mercedes.
Mine was a Mercury Capri of the 1973 vintage. Ford Motor car with German Parts

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I liked those Capris. I thought they were sharp cars.

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I had a ’76 Capri Ghia, German V-6 engine, straight drive. It was a good looking and a blast to drive.
 
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What company was the V6 manufactured by?

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My wife's first car was a 1962 Nova, three on the tree. Her dad wouldn't let her (or her sister) get a DL until mastering a manual. :)

I learned to drive manual on a 50's era Willy's jeep. My first car was a '73 Nova automatic. I was forced to learn oil change, spark plug change, tire change, spark plug wire change, and assortment of other repairs before I was allowed to drive it. I respect my Dad now, hated him then.
 
My wife's first car was a 1962 Nova, three on the tree. Her dad wouldn't let her (or her sister) get a DL until mastering a manual. :)
he heh heh... took the 56 truck to the El Salvadorian hand car wash on south main, they do a good job, and hand wash....
not much ingles at that time there, but feller came to me to move truck, he did not know three on tree :) :)....
I did show him, then next time... it was good.... he did ok....
 
One of the most fun vehicles I've ever driven was an old '50's vintage truck I borrowed from a friend one time. I think it had an inline 6. It was column shift and power nothing. The clutch peddle was crazy stiff, it was hard to steer (big white metal steering wheel), it was hard to stop and the seats had coils in them so I bounced like riding an old tractor. It was work, but I laughed the whole time I was driving it, because I thought it was funny as hell.
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you really want an anti-theft device try a 1951 Chevy with 3 on the tree ... that will really mess them up!
The 1970 C10 still had one! And, when I had one in the early 90's, you could still find wire coat hangers to hold the driver's door shut... since the latch wouldn't.
 
I have a 1966 Ford F1000 with a 534 CID Super Duty engine. It's a floor shift, but man talk about "armstrong" steering! That manual steering wheel is about 30" across and boy do you need it when turning.
 
Far right is starter.....
I was thinking choke.

accelerator, brake and clutch.

top button is either starter or high beams, I expect the latter.

on the left, too old I think for parking brake, too functional to be a footrest. Maybe trailer brake but I’m just guessing.
 
Definitely starter on far right & dimmer switch to the left of the clutch. I'm guessing the far left pedal is for a dump bed's hydraulics, or maybe a PTO.
 
Had to drive from Boone back to UNC Charlotte with a migraine headache because no one else could drive the three on the tree in my Falcon.
Wondered when someone would mention the manual choke. Pull it out to start, push back in when car was warmed up.
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Some more vehicle controls for those under 35. These are on my 1974 GMC 60 Series truck. The pull-knob on the side of the shifter operates a two-speed rear axle. On the lower dash is a manual choke and a manual throttle.

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One of the first vehicles I learned to drive a stick in . Splent plenty of time driving ours in the hay field moving round bales while dad loaded it and trailer. Funny part was I was not big enough at the time to push clutch down from seat and see over the steering wheel and dash so ended up using the steering wheel to pull against to push clutch in and hold it down. Then would end up pretty much standing in floorboard to see to drive.
 
Easy peasy!

Used to carry them in my helmet bag flying helicopters in the Corps. Tasty snack AND able to make grunts throw up in their helmets within a 30 seconds.
 
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Some more vehicle controls for those under 35. These are on my 1974 GMC 60 Series truck. The pull-knob on the side of the shifter operates a two-speed rear axle. On the lower dash is a manual choke and a manual throttle.

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Transaxle!!!

We had a '71 dark green Chevy dump truck. I LOVED that truck, except for when I was little and had to sit in the middle when three of us rode in the cab. Guess where the shifter goes during a couple of the gears...

We hauled hay, oats, wheat, tractors, cattle, dirt, all manner of stuff on that truck. It had a set of body panels we took on and off. Not much traffic by the farm, so we could just back it up to the ditch bank in front of the house and load a tractor or some cows for the sale or fair at our leisure.
 
Looks like a gas cock key.
 
you really want an anti-theft device try a 1951 Chevy with 3 on the tree ... that will really mess them up!
I'll be 41 this year. I learned to drive on a late 70s chevy with 3 on the tree. That truck became the "old truck" when dad got the "new truck", then he got rid of the "old truck" and the "new truck" became "the orange truck" when he got the new "new truck". Now he's down to just one truck and it's just called "the truck".
 
Looks like a gas cock key.
Is it for radiators?

I would say @Crazy Carl wins this one.

Every fall, just when the furnace would start to be used, I'd have to go around the house and bleed the radiators of air. If you forgot to empty the pan of water after each one the air from the next would blow and splash what's in there all over the place.

Sometimes it would take two rounds bottom to top to remove all the air.
 
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