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Old 01-28-2025, 03:55 PM   #1
11Werner11
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1954 3100 ignition/key bezel question

Feel free to skip the long story and go to my bolded question below.

Per my intro in the welcome area, I've become the mechanic for my mother-in-law's 1954 Chevy Truck. We live in Los Angeles and she recently had to evacuate from her home and lost her house to the fire. She chose to drive her 3100 out of the fire rather than her 2020 Mini. She's my hero! Thankfully, the Mini got out with only a little melting to the side of the car.

She parked the truck at our house the first night and, the very next day, we had to evacuate here as well (our house did not burn). She had parked in the driveway and I moved the truck forward a little after she got out. I stupidly left the key on and burned up the coil. The next day, when we had to evacuate, the truck wouldn't start and we had to push it onto the street in order to get our car and truck out of our single lane driveway. I didn't know at the time that it was the coil. I came back home at 3AM when the evacuation was lifted and the truck was still parked on the street. Phew!

The next morning, I went out to investigate why the truck wouldn't start and found the ignition switch dangling from its wires under the dash and a mostly dead battery. The tumbler was missing and so was the bezel which holds the ignition into the dash. So some jerk tried to steal it but couldn't get it started. I then tested the coil and igniter, replaced the coil and got it into the driveway, however, I now need to replace the ignition tumbler (and other locks) and also the bezel. Hence my question below:

I don't recall whether the bezel had three or four indents on it. I've looked online in various places for stock photos, but I haven't been successful. Some sellers have the version with 3-indents every 120 degrees and list it for 1947-1954 while others have a 4-indent bezel every 90 degrees and list it for 1953-1956. Should a 1954 C3100 have 3 or 4 indents on the ignition bezel on the dash?

I apologize for being so long-winded, but I figured someone might say, "Just look at the old bezel", which I can't do. Thanks for any help.
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