keys

[Max]

Hi,

how can i find out, which "blank key" (is that the right word?) i need for my s 3 coupé?? someone is offering me a set of three blank keys, but i m not shure if they are the right ones.. are there different patterns, or is it "one size fits all"?

thanks a lot for your help

max

[Ed Levin]

there are different patterns; I'd ask for photos or scans

[Chasm61]

I was able to order a set of blanks from http://www.keys4classics.com/index.html
Reasonably priced, quick delivery. Check their site for good quality pics of all the right blanks.

[Thomas]

If the keys have the original triangular "handle" pattern, the white ones are for the tank and glove compartment, black ones for ignition and doors. Not interchangeable as the "vertical" pattern is different.

[tim]

White does every thing except ignition which is black.

Tim

[Ed Levin]

tim wrote:
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> White does every thing except ignition which is black.

No--white does the trunk(boot) and the glove box, while black does the doors and ignition. But not all black keys are the same crossection (pattern).

[Huib Geurink]

S1 and S2/3 keys are different.
On S1 the black one does the ignition and doors. The white one does boot, glove box, filler.
On S2 black does ignition only. White everyhting else.

The S1 black and S2/3 black do not have the same cross section nor do the white ones. I have heard that they are "reversed". Black S2 keys slide into "white" S1 locks and white S2 keys slide into "black" S1 locks. I have never checked this.

[Bart Verbeek]

Hi

My S2 Zag has a white ignitionkey; so a S1 doorkey I presume?
Its a ricambi originali with lancia & the artistic F(ulvia) written on it.

I do think there are more possibilities in the cross sections then just one.

A good locksmith can make any key if you offer him/her the lock you need a key for.
Not originali but hey, you're on the road again!

Bart

[Huib Geurink]

Not the S1 door key, amico. The S1 boot, filler, glove box key is white.

Getting an extra key from a lock smith is never a problem. Having it with the proper back and white plastic handles is a challenge.

[Brian Hilton]

On my 2c the white key fits the boot, the black key fits the ignition & as the other locks are all different I have a variety of keys to fit everything else! :- ((

Brian