Anyone have their original keys
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I have the original door key for my 68 and both keys for my 80. I'm not certain the keys in your pics are originals. Shape is correct, but most GM keys are silver; knockouts look too big; and I've never seen the big letter codes before.
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Yeah...I agree with Mike in regards to the BIG letters...doesn't look typical.
I do have my 78 originals, the knockouts and both sets. Also had 78 Pace Car keys made per NOS blanks and look like the anniversary keys.
Forgot to add...the keys will have codes that match the codes typed onto the buildsheet, not alway visible The stamps on the keys are obvious and not always aligned...
I do have my 78 originals, the knockouts and both sets. Also had 78 Pace Car keys made per NOS blanks and look like the anniversary keys.
Forgot to add...the keys will have codes that match the codes typed onto the buildsheet, not alway visible The stamps on the keys are obvious and not always aligned...
Last edited by hunt4cleanair; Apr 12, 2012 at 05:05 PM. Reason: add
Drifting
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PO is mistaken.
They might have been the keys he got with the car but they aren't the factory keys that the car left the assembly line with.
The 69' on up keys all had the GM logo on them.
68' and older I believe all had the trust Briggs and Stratton keys.
Elm
They might have been the keys he got with the car but they aren't the factory keys that the car left the assembly line with.
The 69' on up keys all had the GM logo on them.
68' and older I believe all had the trust Briggs and Stratton keys.
Elm
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I have one original set of keys. Found this one under the carpet, under the seat belt retractor cover, next to the bottom of the floor last year. I had never removed this area of carpet before. I took these pics. exactly where I found it. Fits the door lock perfectly. mike...
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Here is a little story for you all. A few years back, after leaving Carlisle in my 64, my wife kept wanting to stop and shop, all the way home to Canada. She had run out of money, but that didn't stop her, she just kept asking me for more. So I kept pulling money out of my pocket for her, and somewhere, maybe Walmart in Sellensgrove, they must have fallen out. I had lost the keys for the 64. Luckily I had a spare set in my bag. Sooooooo, the answer to your question is, .......NO..... I don't have them anymore, but I still have my wife and yes, I still love her. A few years later I found a new set of original blanks from a vener at Carlisle, but it just isn't the same. You know.
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I got one orig. key that does the glove box and spare tire lock for my 68
It is shaped like a stop sign with orig key code impressed in it from dealer.
I also have an old 69 and later ignition key. Square head.
I went ahead and had both made from orig. style copies.
The best I'm going to get 44 years later
Marshal
It is shaped like a stop sign with orig key code impressed in it from dealer.
I also have an old 69 and later ignition key. Square head.
I went ahead and had both made from orig. style copies.
The best I'm going to get 44 years later
Marshal
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