[Lynn]

Hi Verne,

If his 69 didn't have that feature, it was because someone removed it. Happened almost any time headers were installed or any time afer the first few days of ownership that someone thought it was stupid. It is the feature most folks inccorrctly call a "reverse lock out". It does not lock out reverse. It makes it so you must put it in reverse to get the key out. It is more correctly called the interlock. However, you should be able to turn the car off. You just can't turn the ignition far enough counter clockwise to remove the key.

Why? Once the key is turned all the way off and removed the steering wheel is locked. Because stupid teenagers might do something like reach over from the passenger seat and turn off the car, at least the steering wheel isn't locked while you are barrelling down the highway at 70+.

Most Fords with a stick shift use a little button on bottom of the column that must be depressed before one can turn the key far enough counter clockwise to remove it.