Geoff,
The ignition switch and tumblers were replaced about 15K ago due to the fact that I did not want to happen to me what previous members have gone through with stuck tumblers. After I freed them up with tri-flow, I replaced all parts and had a new key made.

As for compression start, I have no way to get this to a hill to try this, let alone tow it back up the hill if it does not start.

Yes, we have spark.