--- Bill Watson <wwatson@DIRECT.CA> wrote:
> Do not know about pre-1955 Hudsons either, or
> Kaisers, but Studebaker keys went in cut side up.
Thanks as always, Bill. Did you get the Valiant
running?
I should know about Hudsons, having driven Nick's
extremely sweet '54 Hornet home from a photo shoot
once, but my main Hudson key memory is that the round
headed one was the ignition while the octagonal was
the trunk -- and apparently that was the way the
factory cut them...
Getting back to Forward Look keys, I'm reminded that
the '59 models (and possibly some other years) had
different key blanks for each make. It'd be
interesting to see the whole collection of these if
anyone has them. The original blanks (with the
possible exception of Imperial) appear to have been
made of a very soft aluminum, and I suspect many of
these have not survived. (These are not to be confused
with the aftermarket series of brass blanks with
cloissoned or painted emblems.)
My '59 DeSoto apparently came from the factory with a
Chrysler ignition blank and a DeSoto trunk key blank.
I've seen the DeSoto ignition blank and the Dodge
trunk key blank, but have not seen the Plymouth
blanks. The Imperial blanks I've seen have been brass,
and appear to have survived in larger numbers.
=====
Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
'57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
'64 Chrysler 300-K 2dr Hardtop
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