Model A cruise control

[sandmountainslim]

What was the point of the throttle control on the column?
Was it just so folks used to a Model T would be able to drive more easily?

Wp

 

[msmaron]

Yup always gotta have it, for that long trip but always have my hand on the throttle just in case and the foot close to the brake!

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

What was the point of the throttle control on the column?
Was it just so folks used to a Model T would be able to drive more easily?

Wp

The engine will more likely stay running when hand cranking a cold engine, if you pull it down a click or two.

 

[marc hildebrant]

My 1933 Chev had a hand operated throttle also. It was a pull out control.
Seems to have been a common feature at that time.

Marc

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

My 1933 Chev had a hand operated throttle also. It was a pull out control.
Seems to have been a common feature at that time.

Marc

My 1949 Chevy 1 1/2 ton truck also has a factory cable throttle as well as the foot feed. My truck doesn't have a PTO, but if one was installed the hand throttle would be handy.

 

[sonny30coupe]

It is so flat here in Kansas that we can watch our dog run away for 3 days........

 

[dave in australia]

Rowdy, if you've driven accross the nullabor in Australia, then you really know about long flat roads.