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Show THEFT-PROOF IGNITION LOCK FORD FEATURE One of the features of the new Model A Ford car which is typical of the care that! has been devoted to details of design, is the theft-proof theft-proof ignition lock with which it is equipped. Many automobile ignition locks, designsd to lock the switch against theft of the car, have' been little or ! no saieguard against the clever ! thief with some knowledge of automobile auto-mobile ignition systems. The thief i could simply reach behind the in- ! strume'nt board, cut the wires back I of the switch and make a new circuit cir-cuit on which the ignition system would operate perfectly. This cannot be done on ..ew Ford, because the wire's run direct from the switch into an armored conduit which is integral with the : dash. In order to tamper with the switch the thief would either have to take the instruume'nt board to pieces or cut the steel dash or ar-mored ar-mored conduit. Except under the I most extraordinary circumstances, i no thief would have the tools, the ime" or the freedom from possible ; interruption necessary to the com-;pletion com-;pletion of such a difficult and j tedious task. I This new Ford lock performs two operations at once. It opens the ignition circuit and grounds the distributor dis-tributor at the same time.- Anothe'r advantage is that, being concerned entirely with the ignition system, it . provides protection against theft : without in any manner interfering : twith the mechanical car controls, ; such as transmission or steering. |