which boot key ?

[NMDerek]

Ebay guys says WT3 for a 74 trunk lock,  so what's the 63Y for? I  guessed wrong  as usual 8(

ys w

[SydneyTii]

My 74 has WT3 I believe

[tarheelbob]

My '76 uses the WT3

 

[jp5Touring]

My  73  trunk opens/ locks with ignition key .

[zinz]

My '72 uses the WT3 for the trunk.

 

Ed Z

[visionaut]

63Y is the style of trunk key on my 76er (though mine is by Huf not Ilco).

[calw]

2 hours ago, jp5Touring said:

My  73  trunk opens/ locks with ignition key .

This is the first time I've heard of this, there had to be a clever locksmith involved in the past.  There is a lot of difference in the

two key blanks used by BMW. 

 

I'm used to:

          doors and ignition = same

           trunk = different

 

Mine's marked "R63Y" and it's a "TAYLOR" ( I replaced the original with a copy made at the local hardware store). 

The car's a '68 but the trunk lock was probably replaced during the rebuild with an unknown year lock- I used the best of what I had in my collection.

[John76]

1 hour ago, visionaut said:

63Y is the style of trunk key on my 76er (though mine is by Huf

Mine too.

Production date Sept. 25, 1975

 

[jp5Touring]

Previous owner must of changed the trunk lock.  I have the correct BMW ignition key that also opens doors and trunk lock.

The factory locking gas cap uses ilco x132 key that google says is for VW gas cap.

Everything works as it should.  

[TobyB]

3 hours ago, jp5Touring said:

My  73  trunk opens/ locks with ignition key .

It's not supposed to.

 

I also made the '69's trunk cylinder respond to the ignition key, however.

 

It can be done.

 

t

whose '65 Volvo gas cap opens with the Club(tm) key.

[Mike Self]

2 hours ago, calw said:

Mine's marked "R63Y" and it's a "TAYLOR" ( I replaced the original with a copy made at the local hardware store). 

I too have a Taylor blank for my 73's trunk key (from the lock shop many years ago) but it's a B77U blank.  AFAIK all 02s (except maybe the very early ones) use the same key blank for the trunk.

 

Locking gas cap key (early style, polished stainless steel with the round, pot metal swing-aside keyhole cover) is an ILCO H62VG--and IIRC it was difficult to find, and several blanks came through made incorrectly and thus wouldn't fit even before they were cut.

 

mike

Edited December 28, 2023 by Mike Self

[dferg]

My original '74 trunk key is a 63Y Huf.

[visionaut]

 

Almost an “M W” key now…

[popovm]

Just FYI @John76 and @tarheelbob , keys can be copied from pictures posted on the internet. Probably a slim chance of funny business and you may know already, but just in case you don't...

[Buckeye]

N/T

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by Buckeye
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