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Old 03-30-2024, 10:05 AM   #1
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[IMG]4644[/IMG] Does anyone know what hole is for over top of starter button Thanks Ted
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Old 03-30-2024, 12:08 PM   #2
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[IMG]4644[/IMG] Does anyone know what hole is for over top of starter button Thanks Ted
Ted, I don't believe that is a factory hole.
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Old 03-30-2024, 04:37 PM   #4
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Suspect added switch for fogs, tec. Nice looking dash. Hope the car is equal. Suspect Pillips head screw is not correct.
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Old 03-30-2024, 05:28 PM   #5
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I've seen it on two other trucks only 42 tho
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Old 03-30-2024, 05:30 PM   #6
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not sure where phillips head screw is ?
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Old 03-30-2024, 05:37 PM   #7
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Looks like maybe a screw between the speedo and wiper knob. Could be a small grommet. Is yours a 122" wb tonner pickup? Seems the 60 mph speedometer usually in a tonner.
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I've seen it on two other trucks only 42 tho
Ted, is this a big truck or simply a half ton PU?
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Old 03-30-2024, 08:13 PM   #9
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I have had a number of one tons and haven't seen that hole. Maybe about the size of a cigarette lighter? That would be my guess. How 'bout some pictures of this truck?
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Old 03-30-2024, 10:24 PM   #11
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My 47 Tonner pickup has a hole there about 1/3 that size, no idea what it was for.....
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Old 03-30-2024, 10:42 PM   #12
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Looks like a nice one! What part of the country is that? Do you have the rear fenders?
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Old 03-31-2024, 08:24 AM   #15
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Hi Ted,
I had a 42 1/2 ton for my first Ford. It was X military. It had the same hole same place and same size. My column lock was trashed so I put a aftermarket ign. switch in it. That's on nice and very rare truck. Those die cast ford emblems on the hood are priceless, one year only and it was a short year do to the war. Nobody to my knowledge is or has ever reproduced them. Hope to see and hear more about it.
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Old 03-31-2024, 08:29 AM   #16
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Picked it up in Alberta Canada it is now in British Columbia And yes i have rear fenders It had been sitting in a barn for 40 years
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Old 03-31-2024, 08:56 AM   #17
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The 1/2 ton I had that same hole and it was a cigarette lighter and there was an under dash ash tray as well .
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