Re: [Chrysler300] Proper keys for C-300

["Don Warnaar" <300country@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Rich and All,

Chrysler used aluminum keys for quite a few years in the '50s.  I have a '50 Desoto (bought new by my father) that came with three different keys, all aluminum.  There was a separate key for the ignition/doors, trunk, and glove box.  Those aluminum keys were rather soft and tended to wear a lot easier others.  But I still have them and they still work.  When you had extra keys made, the blanks were usually the brass ones with the nickel plate.  The original keys all had the DPCD logo on them, and the official ones at key shops also had the same trademark.  You could also get generic ones at some shops.  I believe my '57 Plymouth also had aluminum keys.

Hope this has been helpful.

Don Warnaar
New Jersey


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: fabe7445@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  To: barber@xxxxxxxxx ; Chrysler 300 list service 
  Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 8:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Proper keys for C-300



  > Rich,

    Both sets of my original '56 keys are plain aluminum with
    the octagonal and rounded triangle shapes you described.

    Jim Faber
  > From: Rich Barber <barber@xxxxxxxxx>
  > Date: 2004/09/12 Sun PM 07:15:52 EDT
  > To: Chrysler 300 list service <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Subject: [Chrysler300] Proper keys for C-300
  > 
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  > Special low-tech request to you 1955 C-300 experts:
  > 
  > What is the nominal shape of the two keys for the early 1955 C-300?
  > I'm trying to get a pair of blanks that are correct and see various 
  > vendors offering keys with differing shapes and grooves.
  > 
  > My keys are an octagonal head, sharp-cornered key for the ignition/door 
  > and  a sort of rounded triangle head for the trunk/glove compartment.
  > The grooves are identical so that either key will fit in any lock, 
  > however the lengths of the groove cuts into the heads is slightly different.
  > 
  > eBay vendor at 2489451487 claims both keys are the octagonal head for 
  > 1951-1956--I don't believe Chrysler would do this, but if you tell me it 
  > is so, I could believe.
  > 
  > eBay vendor at 7101619474 is offering keys for 1949-1955 with heads and 
  > grooves that look like those in my keys.  Can you confirm?
  > 
  > Both vendor's keys have the DPCD logo and "MADE IN USA" on both sides 
  > with a nickel-silver plate over brass.
  > 
  > Member Gil Cunningham was able to furnish me a copy of my car's IBM 
  > build card and it had one and two-digit key numbers hand written on the 
  > card.  Thanks to Gil and to the Club for providing this valuable 
  > service.  Should a locksmith with the old key codes be able to cut a key 
  > from these numbers?
  > 
  > Thanks and MoPa'r to ya from
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  > Rich Barber
  > Brentwood 94513
  > C-300
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