push button

[Seth Swoboda]

Originally Posted by 34PKUP

Suspect you are confusing key switch and starter button.
Key switch just turns the ignition on, the starter button activates the starter to start the car.

No, I have a friend with a 1948 Mercury sedan and it starts with a turn of the key, a factory Mercury set up.

I'm not familiar with the 1949 Fords but my thoughts are that they would start on the key just like the 1948 Mercury does. Not a flip of the ignition switch and push of the starter button.

I suppose what I meant to say was simply the last year for the push button start on Fords was 1948 and Mercury 1947. However, amodel25 states that his 49-50 Ford still starts on the push button.