Comments on: NEW PLYMOUTH: The car that likes to be compared (Sep, 1949) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-359058 nlpnt Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:42:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/#comment-359058 Circuit breakers instead of fuses are a nice touch, wonder why they didn't catch on? (Cost, probably). This is a rare body style, in 20 years of going to car shows, I've never seen a long-wheelbase '49-51 two-door Plymouth. Circuit breakers instead of fuses are a nice touch, wonder why they didn’t catch on? (Cost, probably).

This is a rare body style, in 20 years of going to car shows, I’ve never seen a long-wheelbase ’49-51 two-door Plymouth.

]]> By: tommyrot http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-351832 tommyrot Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:26:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/#comment-351832 The automobile electric starter was invented in 1912. At the time of this article, all American cars had electric starters. However, the amount of current required to start a car is too much for a key switch to handle, so cars originally would have a big button on the floor that you pressed with your foot to start it. To start a car with a key switch requires a solenoid (basically, a relay) which allows a much smaller amount of current to pass through the key switch. The automobile electric starter was invented in 1912. At the time of this article, all American cars had electric starters. However, the amount of current required to start a car is too much for a key switch to handle, so cars originally would have a big button on the floor that you pressed with your foot to start it. To start a car with a key switch requires a solenoid (basically, a relay) which allows a much smaller amount of current to pass through the key switch.

]]> By: Kryten007 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-351252 Kryten007 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:52:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/new-plymouth-the-car-that-likes-to-be-compared/#comment-351252 Can anyone tell me why cars don't have circuit-breakers nowadays? Every time I replace a fuse, I wonder that... Can anyone tell me why cars don’t have circuit-breakers nowadays? Every time I replace a fuse, I wonder that…

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