[NefCanuck]

OAC_Sparky,Feb 10 2010, 09:37 PM Wrote:

NefCanuck,Feb 10 2010, 08:05 PM Wrote:All the better for a guy like me though, but Ford sure has come a long way from the days when their steering wheel didn't have a horn pad and you had to push in a lever to get the horn to work (Early 80's idea, it died the death it deserved :P)
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Well, at least you didn't accidently honk your horn. Some older Fords like my Dads old Cougar had the horn in the grip of the steering wheel.

http://www.cougarpartscatalog.com/70rimbloresto.html

To blow the horn you had to press on the black rubber on the inside of the wheel's rim. Until it got old and the contacts would get stuck...
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Wow... who was the soul who thought of that idea? Might wanna hit them with a clue by four covered in nails :D

Amazing how far we've come in terms of usability though (although some might argue that there are now too many things that the driver can "easily" use close at hand)

I say screw 'em :P

NefCanuck