Hazard Light Switch Knob & Kick Panel Vents

[palallin]

I bought a replacement hazard switch knob from LMC, but it ain't like mine. The new one is black, round, and has a screw hole in the center. The one on my column--the end is broken off--is red, rectangular, and lacks a screw going through it (I haven't yet pulled the wheel to see how it's held in).

LMC only lists the one kind, and even my '67 Service manual implies that it ought to be screwed in a la LMC.

Anybody know what's going on here?


After coming up short there, I pulled the "custom' tin someone screwed/riveted to the passenger side kick panel to find out why it's there and whether the air vent was underneath it. The answer to the first question was obvious; the second remains unanswered: the oval where the vent door is has been filled with roofing tar--I have no idea yet whether the door is there or not under the goop--but the panel under it is well ventilated. In fact, I vacuumed/dug out over a pound of mouse nest, a pint of dirt, and a mature tree's worth of leaves from the cavity beyond. What a mess! I'm afraid to pull the one on the driver's side

Anyway, if anyone's about to trash a cab with intact kick panels and working vent doors, I'd appreciate discussing with you the possibility of cutting them out for me.