"And then I noticed the little button on the floor near the pedals!"
Very interesting Len, as that little button in my 1949 Minor operated the Headlights !
"The other thing I then discovered about American cars of that era, while driving it down the spiral ramp, was that they wallowed in a most disconcerting way."
I first noticed that too Len, but I was watching HIGHWAY PATROL starring Broderick Crawford.