can't tell you how glad i am that i read this post, and i almost passed it by!

mine is a 70 as well, and a while back i pulled into the garage, and the key would not turn to the lock position, and so was essentially stuck in the ignition switch! it would turn to the off, aux and start, but i couldn't turn it to lock.

so, that means the key is always in the car.

now i've been meaning to start a rebuild on the column for other reasons, but i was hoping to put that off. but with the key in the ignition, i can't leave the car out of my sight, and it drains the battery.

so after i read this, i thought, hmmmm.....

i don't have the reverse interlock mechanism in place, so the lever on the steering column is not connected to anything. sure enough, the lever had moved, and so the key was locked in place. i moved it back down, and removed the key!

this has been going on for about a month or more now

sometimes...