[FWDLK] Original Keys

[van Hoy <vanhilla@PACIFIER.COM>]

Every new Chrysler Products car I remember from the fifties
came with two sets of keys, one set aluminum and one set
brass with a silver colored plating.  Each set had a small
football-shaped tag on the key ring with the replacement
number of the keys.

--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth,
'73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sealey" <mopar2ya@YAHOO.COM>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Marv's Door Lock Quiz


| --- 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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