Ignition Switch Options
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Ignition Switch Options
Guys and Gals,
I am beginning the wiring portion of my 1950 F-3 project. I will be using a push button start using a 2 pole start button. My question is, what kind of ignition switch did you guys use? I have the original dash mount switch, but it has no keys and looks like the previous owner may have used a flat head screwdriver to start it with. I want to keep a dash mount to maintain the original look and feel. I was thinking that a dash mount switch from a late 60s early 70s would be the ticket. Not opposed to enlarging the original dash hole to accommodate the newer switch.
Any help is much appreciated.
Randy
I am beginning the wiring portion of my 1950 F-3 project. I will be using a push button start using a 2 pole start button. My question is, what kind of ignition switch did you guys use? I have the original dash mount switch, but it has no keys and looks like the previous owner may have used a flat head screwdriver to start it with. I want to keep a dash mount to maintain the original look and feel. I was thinking that a dash mount switch from a late 60s early 70s would be the ticket. Not opposed to enlarging the original dash hole to accommodate the newer switch.
Any help is much appreciated.
Randy
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I bought what I'm sure is a "replica" of the original ignition switch. The PO of my truck had removed the original and replaced it with a 2 pole toggle switch.
Here's the right one for your '50 from Mac's: 6A-11572-B
Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch - F1 Thru F8
1948-1950 Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch - F1 Thru F8 - MAC's Antique Auto Parts
Hope that helps.
Here's the right one for your '50 from Mac's: 6A-11572-B
Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch - F1 Thru F8
1948-1950 Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch - F1 Thru F8 - MAC's Antique Auto Parts
Hope that helps.
#3
You'll also need the cylinder and keys that fit that switch housing.
That's from Mac's also. 8A-11582-A
Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch Cylinder & Key Assembly - Has 49-50 Style Keys - F1 Thru F8
And you'll need the bezel to hold the switch into the dash.
Also from Mac's. 0A-11580
Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch Bezel - Stainless Steel - 1-1/8" OD - 3/8" ID
That's from Mac's also. 8A-11582-A
Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch Cylinder & Key Assembly - Has 49-50 Style Keys - F1 Thru F8
And you'll need the bezel to hold the switch into the dash.
Also from Mac's. 0A-11580
Ford Pickup Truck Ignition Switch Bezel - Stainless Steel - 1-1/8" OD - 3/8" ID
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Guys and Gals,
I am beginning the wiring portion of my 1950 F-3 project. I will be using a push button start using a 2 pole start button. My question is, what kind of ignition switch did you guys use? I have the original dash mount switch, but it has no keys and looks like the previous owner may have used a flat head screwdriver to start it with. I want to keep a dash mount to maintain the original look and feel. I was thinking that a dash mount switch from a late 60s early 70s would be the ticket. Not opposed to enlarging the original dash hole to accommodate the newer switch.
Any help is much appreciated.
Randy
I am beginning the wiring portion of my 1950 F-3 project. I will be using a push button start using a 2 pole start button. My question is, what kind of ignition switch did you guys use? I have the original dash mount switch, but it has no keys and looks like the previous owner may have used a flat head screwdriver to start it with. I want to keep a dash mount to maintain the original look and feel. I was thinking that a dash mount switch from a late 60s early 70s would be the ticket. Not opposed to enlarging the original dash hole to accommodate the newer switch.
Any help is much appreciated.
Randy
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You have more talented locksmiths than around here. I took my old switch to one (he has been in the area for 30 years) to have a key made and he just looked at it and said it wasn't worth his time. Nice, huh?
So I took a three-position switch from a box of parts I had and used that instead. I have a push-button start and am looking forward to seeing someone try and start the truck using just the key. My starter button is red, same color as the dash and if you don't know what it is for.....well the entertainment begins.
Cruise night parking lot - summer 2014
"Can I drive it?"
"Sure, take the truck for a spin - the key is in it!!"
....futz, futz, futz.....
"What's the matter?"
"It won't start."
"Did you turn the key?"
"Yep, doesn't do anything."
"That ain't the starter"
...futz, futz, futz...
"A little help here?"
"Well, and you have to double-clutch it" (just to add more confusion)
"Huh - does that mean the clutch has to be all the way in before it will start?"
No, it just means that once it's running, you need to double clutch to change gears, they aren't synchonized. And throw that lever on the floor forward - it's the parking brake"
"Uh, OK...but how do I start it?"
"No, that's the high beam switch. Nope, that's the wiper ****. Yep, you're getting there, you'll need to use that choke **** to start it."
"All the way out - and this lever forward?"
"Yep"
"Still won't start when I turn the key"
"Push that button right there"
"Whoa! - jeezum, what did I do!?"
"You gotta have it in neutral or your foot on the clutch when you push that button"
"I give up"
My cunning plan.
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