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lever or key ignition?
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:51 am
by Carl Watt
All:
Should GPA 8809 have a lever or key ignition on the dash?
Thanks and best regards,
Carl
Moscow
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:18 am
by leo verhagen
Carl,
You should have a lever type on your GPA. Keys were eleminated early 1942, as far as I know all GPA's have lever ignitions.
thanks
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:59 pm
by Carl Watt
Thanks Leo!
key or lever switch
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:49 pm
by bobassel
Leo , check your files!!
December 28 untouched GPA 4926.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/vHnnvw3l.jpg)
After Willys mb202023 end jan. '43 the key type changes into switch.
This change was done in the Ford production abouth that same time
but most of the times a little later.
(John Farley & Lawrence Nabholtz)
Greetings Bob
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:06 pm
by leo verhagen
Bob,
Thanks for letting me know. I was 1 year mistaken :oops:
After checking my files Ford changed from GPW-3686 key type to GPW-3686-B handle from late december 1942. For the GPA it will assumably be from start januari 1943.
My GPA #8787 had the lever type on it, Carls GPA is a little later in production, so he will still be needing the lever type ignition switch.