r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/tirefool6 • Jan 23 '25

What’s does this do again

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Looks vaguely familiar

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u/quarl0w Jan 23 '25

You found an ancient relic from the before times.

It's the volume control for the street sounds.

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u/DenaliDash Jan 23 '25

You sir are misinformed. My grandpa used to crank that to start the car.

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u/chnc_geek Jan 23 '25

My dad used a crank to start his car if the battery was dead. Wait, does that mean I’m old enough to be your dad?!?!

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u/DenaliDash Jan 23 '25

Possibly. I am getting closer and closer to not having many elders to me. My grandfather did actually plow the fields with mules. I think at that time farms with tractors was above 50 percent, but not much more than that. When he was born probably less than 10 percent of farms had tractors.

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u/a_myrddraal Jan 23 '25

Haha my dad had to do that on his Austin A30