http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-holder
Going to this page and clicking on the image to enlarge, might help one figure out how such devices as '50's era Studebaker "hill holders" functioned.
I’m amazed that things like this actually exist and that I never heard of them.
Thanks for the most informative post.
By the way,enlarging the image won’t help me at all,I’m proud of myself when I put in windshield wiper fluid. :-)
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