Dallas & Gary
I believe you both have the exact original keys. It appears the glove
box/trunk key is an oval key (some describe it as rectangular) and not the
round as my research led me to believe. Here is my revised conclusion for
1964-end BJ8s FS original keys:
Ignition/door key: Hexagonal (some describe as square-ish roughly 7/8 X 3/4
inch) and gold in color. One side has WILMOT BREEDEN and FS XXX and the
other side MADE IN ENGLAND and UNION.
Glove box/trunk key: Oval (some describe as rectangular-ish roughly 1 X 1/2
inch) and gold in color. One side has WILMOT BREEDEN and UNION and the
other side MADE IN ENGLAND and FS XXX.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Dallas Congleton [mailto:dcongleton@embarqmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:27 AM
To: Dan Stromquist; healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Keys Order
Don, this is in the FWIW category, as my BJ8 is a late March 67 build, but I
do have the original keys.
The keys have the markings as yours as yours with a FS series hex key for
the ignition/door ; but the glove box trunk/key is not round. It is also a
FS series, but is shaped like a rectangle with rounded corners- dimensions
1/2 x 1 inch.
Dallas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan@warner-associates.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:30 AM
Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 Keys Order
> After studying the archives (as Rich suggested) and reading Gary
> Anderson's
> 17 Oct 2008 posting and looking at some website pictures of FS keys it is
> my
> conclusion that a FS key from a phase 2 BJ8 was hexagonal (which is
> sometimes described as square-ish but does actually have 6 sides) and it
> fits ignition/doors. On one side says WILMOT BREEDEN and has the FS XXX
> while the other side has MADE IN ENGLAND and UNION. The glove box/trunk
> key
> has the same markings but is round with a different FS XXX. So I sent an
> e-mail to the vendor with my prospective order and he expressed some
> doubts
> on those shapes. My particular car is a 1964 BJ8 with ignition/door key
> FS
> 903 and glove box/trunk key FS 889. Seems to be a lot of conflicting
> postings on the shape (and if an extra ignition key was screwed into the
> left VIN plate at the factory). Does anyone have a for sure original set
> of
> FS XXX keys that are hexagonal (square-ish) for the ignition/doors and
> round
> for the glove box/trunk for a BJ8 around that date?
>
> Dan
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