Hugh: i am interested in the old Imperial keys that you have for my collection. i have some nice replacement Imperial blanks that I could trade that are made of brass. Please let me hear from you. Dave Knight >From: "hugh hemphill" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: IML: Imperial Keys >Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 04:24:02 -0600 > >I have an original set of 1957 Imperial keys. Regrettably I do not have >the >car, only a picture of its front end in a snap where the car was not the >main subject. The car, I fear, has ended up in a much worse place than >even >my stewardship, but it may have been bought by someone who kept it. I have >no real use for the keys, Bill, so you can have them if you want them. > >On the 58 I do have I have 1 & a 1/2 original keys. The trunk lid key is >intact and I have the top half of the main key, which must have failed at >some point. I have a perfectly nice Mopar replacement key with the >Pentastar on it. > >As I have never locked the car since 1994 - although I am beginning to >think >about using the trunk lock when on longer journeys requiring stayovers - >and >the driver's key really never is subjected to stress, as it only turns to a >start position, with a separate button to engage the starter, I hope the >key >will last a long time. Of course, one has failed before, but probably in a >door lock. > >As I am pretty good at mislaying keys, maybe I should get a second set, >however. > >Hugh > > >Subject: IML: Imperial Keys > > > > I've been reading all the posts about the 1960 Imperial keys, and was > > thinking it would be nice for anyone having a set of their original year >keys > > to post a picture of them in the spotters guide section. There are >probably > > very few of us who have their cars original keys, and it would be nice >to > > know what they looked like. I've often wondered what the 1957 through >1959 > > keys looked like. Just my three cents, who knows, maybe I could find >someone > > that could recreate them for us! Bill '59 Crown > > > > >