Switch for ??????

[Stormy]

Inside of the console on Avanti R1 4042 , on the front wall of the console box is a toggle switch    that possibly looks original.  Do you know what that switch could be for ?   Thanks, Daryl

[mfg]

50 minutes ago, Stormy said:

Inside of the console on Avanti R1 4042 , on the front wall of the console box is a toggle switch    that possibly looks original.  Do you know what that switch could be for ?   Thanks, Daryl

Nope, I think a prior owner added that switch to be used as an ignition "kill switch", etc.

[Stormy]

mfg, thanks.  Can you tell me "why" someone would need to have an ignition kill switch ?  Lots of new stuff for me in the Avanti world.  Daryl

[mfg]

45 minutes ago, Stormy said:

mfg, thanks.  Can you tell me "why" someone would need to have an ignition kill switch ?  Lots of new stuff for me in the Avanti world.  Daryl

Back in the day ignition kill switches were a very common (and inexpensive ) anti theft device.......Many 'unauthorized' folks used to like to take Studebaker Avantis for 'rides'!

[Gunslinger]

Try throwing the switch and see if the car will start.  That will verify whether it's a kill switch.  If not, follow the wiring and see where it goes.

[silverstude]

 

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[Stormy]

Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I just got back from a hunting trip, not in the Avanti, and took it out for a few minutes.  It is a "kill" switch which does what it was designed for.  Another toggle switch under the dash "kills" the electric windows.  First I have seen of either.   Daryl