58 Random Starting/Neutral Safety

[Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Well, I don't have a '58 Imperial so I can't say for
> sure, but it would seem to me that whether you turn
> the key to start the car or push a button, there
> would have to be something to keep it from starting
> in gear. 

There is something to keep it from starting in gear --
the NEUTRAL button for the transmission selector is
also the starter "button."  :o)  In other words, in
order to engage the starter, you have to push the
neutral button . . . so the starter simply can't
engage unless the car is in neutral.  Pretty clever,
eh?

As for the original question (and at this point, I've
forgotten who asked) -- have you tried wiggling the
key?  Perhaps the ignition switch is getting a little
cranky, and the key needs to be in just the right spot
to make contact.

Elijah

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