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Re: [Tigers] exchange door locking devices

To: Gary Winblad <winbladgary@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] exchange door locking devices
From: Chris Thompson via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:09:06 -0400
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Thanks, Gary.  Can you explain why my keys are so different for ignition 
vs doors and this can't work for me?

Regards, Chris

On 10/22/2024 3:45 PM, Gary Winblad wrote:
> Wrong.
> Ignition key should unlock the doors.
> Trunk key unlocks the console.
> Gary
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 22, 2024, at 11:08â?¯AM, Chris Thompson via Tigers 
>> <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> That's funny.  When I showed my car for the first time in Staunton, I 
>> found out the same thing.  I didn't have a trunk key, either.  
>> According to Curt, the ignition key should open the trunk, and the 
>> console key should open the doors.  Well, the ignition key is a lot 
>> different.  Just 2 days ago, I pulled the door handles and the trunk 
>> lock and took them to my friendly local locksmith who re keyed them 
>> to the console key.  $30 apiece.  He even had a chart that showed 
>> what the keys for the Tiger look like, and a code for him to order 
>> replacements.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> B382000331
>>
>> On 10/22/2024 12:02 PM, James Armstrong via Tigers wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> In the 48 years I've owned my Mk 1A, I don't think I ever locked the 
>>> doors !
>>> But during the united 41 Concours, my doorhandles were found to be
>>> 1) upside down (car was repainted years ago)
>>> 2) the locking mechanisms were nonfunctional. the driver's side just 
>>> spun and passenger
>>> side jammed the key
>>> So, since they were going to come off the car and the chrome has 
>>> some pimples on it,
>>>  I bought a new set from Sunbeam Specialties.
>>> I tried to find Tom Ehrhart's number to ask for a recommendation for 
>>> fixing the tumblers
>>> and installing them in the new handles, but I've lost his contact 
>>> information.
>>> Can anyone recommend a topnotch Sunbeam lock and key person? I want 
>>> to maintain
>>> the original tumblers as I've got both sets of original keys. 
>>> Tumbler code is FS 901.
>>> Jim Armstrong
>>> Mk 1A
>>> 382002083 LRXFE
>>> Code 86
>>> TAC # 0763
>>>
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    <p>Thanks, Gary.  Can you explain why my keys are so different for
      ignition vs doors and this can't work for me?</p>
    <p>Regards, Chris<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/22/2024 3:45 PM, Gary Winblad
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      cite="mid:4AEDED66-098E-4933-84A7-DB73DE4CCAA8@gmail.com">
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      Wrong.
      <div>Ignition key should unlock the doors.</div>
      <div>Trunk key unlocks the console.</div>
      <div>Gary</div>
      <div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature">
        <div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
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          <blockquote type="cite">On Oct 22, 2024, at 11:08â?¯AM, Chris
            Thompson via Tigers <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 
href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net";>&lt;tigers@autox.team.net&gt;</a> wrote:<br>
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            <p>That's funny.  When I showed my car for the first time in
              Staunton, I found out the same thing.  I didn't have a
              trunk key, either.  According to Curt, the ignition key
              should open the trunk, and the console key should open the
              doors.  Well, the ignition key is a lot different.  Just 2
              days ago, I pulled the door handles and the trunk lock and
              took them to my friendly local locksmith who re keyed them
              to the console key.  $30 apiece.  He even had a chart that
              showed what the keys for the Tiger look like, and a code
              for him to order replacements.</p>
            <p>Chris</p>
            <p>B382000331<br>
            </p>
            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/22/2024 12:02 PM, James
              Armstrong via Tigers wrote:<br>
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              cite="mid:953680012.2659879.1729612926877@mail.yahoo.com">
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                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Hello,<br>
                  </span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">In
                    the 48 years I've owned my Mk 1A, I don't think I
                    ever locked the doors !</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">But
                    during the united 41 Concours, my doorhandles were
                    found to be</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">1)
                    upside down (car was repainted years ago)</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">2)
                    the locking mechanisms were nonfunctional. the
                    driver's side just spun and passenger </span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">side
                    jammed the key</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">So,
                    since they were going to come off the car and the
                    chrome has some pimples on it,</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> I
                    bought a new </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">set
                    from Sunbeam Specialties.</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">I
                    tried to find Tom Ehrhart's number to ask for a
                    recommendation for fixing the tumblers </span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 
normal;">and </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">installing
                    them in the new handles, but I've lost his </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">contact
                    information.</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Can
                    anyone recommend a topnotch Sunbeam lock and key
                    person? I want to maintain</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">the
                    original tumblers as I'v</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">e
                    got both sets of original keys. Tumbler code is FS
                    901.</span></div>
                <div class="userEdit"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: 
rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  <div> </div>
                  <div>Jim Armstrong</div>
                  <div>Mk 1A</div>
                  <div>382002083 LRXFE</div>
                  <div>Code 86</div>
                  <div>TAC # 0763</div>
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