Ignition and keys

The truck has no ignition key.  The owner I bought from did not have one and I looked thoroughly in the inside to see if there was a key.  I thought, no problem, we can take off the door lock.  Unfortunately, you cannot take the door lock off without a key.  There is a tab that covers a screw when you don't have the key.  Then I took off the ignition switch.  You can see two pictures of it here.

I took the ignition switch to a locksmith to see if he could "pick it" and create a key.  That was lost time because he kept the switch for a week and could not pick it without destroying it.  that is because the switch is pressed together.  You can see in the second photo that the metal case is pressed around the bakelite.  He felt that if he bent the metal and pulled the insides out, he would destroy the switch.

While he had the switch, I was looking for factory correct keys.  It turns out anything is available on ebay and I found keys, for $30 a pair.  This is when I make my first decision that we will not be restoring this to original.  I bought a modern replacement switch the exact size of the original with two keys for $20.