TOM WALKER wrote in a message to MARK LEWIS:

ML>RW> Last early 50s Ford I had was a 51 and it no longer had the push
ML>RW> button starter switch. The ignition switch was keyed and it worked
ML>RW> like GM cars, except that the Ford keys were inserted upside
ML>RW> down (tumblers up locks).

ML> MH> I never realized that push button start was around before the key
ML> MH> start.  Seems things are going full circle, back to the push
ML> MH> button.

ML>i seem to recall they used to be buttons on the floor like the old
ML>high beam
ML>headlight switches... the old truck we used on my g-father's farm had its
ML>starter switch on the floor... with the clutch, brake, gas and
ML>highbeams...

 TW> That as a GM Feature back in the 40's, Maybe even before.
 TW> The Starter was acticated by pressing a pedal located under the
 TW> dashboard just above the gas pedal

The Ford Model T had the starter switch on the floorboard in the late 1920's.

Later,
Bill

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