My first car a 3 0n the tree also had the light dimming button on the floor to the left of the clutch.
Had an emergency at night and had to drive a friends VW Bug to pick them up. I stomped all over the darn floor and could not find the button. I drove that darn thing on high beams from N.H. to Boston.
How was I to know there was NO button, the dimmer was on the turn signal lever. I believe that was the last car I ever owned with the button on the floor.
Years later when I drove a school bus a Internatonal Harvester, we to be licensed had to hold the full bus at the top of a steep hill without the break, just hold with clutch. It became second nature to come to a stop, put the gears in neutral hold in break ----The few seconds taken to place it back in gear was a safety method just in case someone were to run the light.
Fun driving stick, better control of a stall in cold weather, And for me, myself, after driving stick I learned to listen to the sound of the engine to tell me when to shift.
Most annoying truck ever owned was a Chevy S10 stick. A red light would blink on the dash to indicate when to shift.
