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