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I have three 48 to 49 F-68's and two of them have a switch under the edge of the dash under the start button. They appear to be factory original switches. What are they for ? Also do they make a manual for the 48 to 50 monkey face trucks? , Doug.
That switch turns the lights off behind your dash gauges when the headlight switch is pulled out. And, yes, it is original to the truck. And yes, there is a shop manual available. It looks like this, and you can buy it in numerous places all over the internet.
Is that not the interior light switch before they put the automatic switches in the door?
In '48-50 trucks a dome wasn't offered, except in the panel truck. In the later models it looks like the dash light switch was incorporated in the headlight switch.
The reason I was told they had the switch for the dash lights was to turn off the lights on dark country roads to eliminate glare from the light and make the road easier to see at night.
The reason I was told they had the switch for the dash lights was to turn off the lights on dark country roads to eliminate glare from the light and make the road easier to see at night.
And to keep the revenuers from getting a good shot at the moonshiner's head.
BTW, anyone looking for one of these switches it the same switch used on my '49 Ford 8N tractor to turn the back implement light on. You can still get them from the 8N parts dealers. PN 8N13740
I always thought the switch was for clearance lights on the bigger trucks. My 49 f1 has the hole in that location but no evidence there was a switch installed there. Just my thoughts. My dad had a 3 ton Ford back in the fifties and tha'ts what he had there.
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, Doug. 
