Re: Great Uncle Larry's 1955 Caribbean 5588 MDF 92

Posted by ZeroCool On 2020/12/1 1:07:42

Ernie Vitucci,
I believe that Uncle Larry became semi-retired in 61 and no longer needed the "salesman's" car. He had a GMC truck and my Great Aunt's car (maybe an Oldsmobile) available. It was my dad who 'moved' the ignition switch out of the normal position. I found it still wired up behind the dash. I had just bought a temporary 'compatible' switch and was sizing it up when I reached up under/behind the dash and felt the original. Made me feel silly (but happy) to spend the $30 and then find the original under there. Although the keys are still missing. Maybe that is why the switch is displaced, so Dad could jumper/hotwire it. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, Dad drove/moved it from Great Uncle Larry's garage to his garage in ~1984. The tires are 95% bald and the brakes were scary when Dad moved it. Maybe those were contributing factors that got the girl parked away.