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San Francisco circa 1923. "Studebaker Big Six touring car." At the Vanderbilt Apartments. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
As someone who drove and parked a standard transmission car often in San Francisco, I can testify the technique is straightforward for most cars. Foot on brake, release handbrake lock but pull on handbrake to keep it on. Foot on the gas, let clutch out slowly to ease car forward against the handbrake, then slowly release handbrake as you powered up.
There were a few models of cars where you set the handbrake with a foot pedal and release was an all or nothing proposition. These were not popular in San Francisco.
How would you like to take off up that hill using the clutch and manual transmissions they had in those days?
Just in case, don't stand behind the car. Careful with the clutch when you start up!
That part of the sales pitch that is more dangerous in San Fran.
Apparently according to the phone book, it used to be 1005, but Google seems to disagree.
[Also according to the photo. - Dave]
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