[Tigers] Door and trunk locks

[Tony Somebody]

Anyone now thinking about taking your locks apart etc. there are a couple items of interest. One is that its nice to have some old locks from a parts car and next the main reason for two keys is that the original keys, if not cut and still in blank form are a direct opposite on the grove side. The ignition key has a cut the length of the key at the bottom that allows the key to slide on a small lug made at the beginning of the cylinder and the trunk key has the same grove cut in the blank on the other side. Most replacement keys sold in the early 70s until they started becoming hard to find had a grove on both sides, which made the blank useable for any locks on the car. Its strange that of all the Tiger and Alpine keys I have that several will work on the ignition while its hard to get the original to work on the trunk. Lack of lubrication being the main reason I think but maybe the ignition cylinder is used so many more times in comparison that "wear"
 is why the ignition will turn with a set of finger nail clips(the file part).
  My point is to take the small lug into consideration. I'm sure it can be filed off or perhaps having extra locks will leave you with all alike cylinders. Cheers, TonytheTiger


> Anybody have this tech tip?
> 
> I would love to do this
> 
> Lynn