[T3] Huf Ignition Key & Cylinder

[Jim Adney]

On 17 Aug 2013 at 16:27, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> Is the interlock mechanical (ala:  inside the cylinder) ?

Yes

> Hard to repair?

Yes

> Are those two (looks like) spin swaged(sp?) buttons on the back of the
> cylinder, what holds everything together?

Yes

> Re:  People who can cut a replacement key:
> Are these NOS, OE  Huf blanks with the VW logo?
> Do you know of a source?  Somebody on The List?

There are 2 people that I know of. One is Gabriel Garcia 
(vwschlussel at sbcglobal.net) and the other one is Mark at 
aircooledkey.com. I have used the first one several times and have 
been extremely happy with his work. Other people here have used Mark 
and been just as happy.

Gabriel Garcia will work from just the key code (something like 
62K075 for your '69) but Mark seems to want the code AND a photo of a 
key.

Both have stocks of both OE VW logo and generic key blanks. Whether 
either have Huf blanks I don't know. Locks and keys were provided by 
several venders to VW. Huf was one and AKS was another. They are 
equally original.  

Your old key and cylinder, if they match each other but not the key 
code of your car, might be of value to one of them.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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