{"id":4632,"date":"2024-07-02T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackbag.toool.nl\/?p=4632"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:33:31","slug":"impressioning-a-porsche-356-gear-shift-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbag.toool.nl\/?p=4632","title":{"rendered":"Impressioning a Porsche 356 gear shift lock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I don\u2019t consider myself much of a car person, but this Porsche 356 from the 1960\u2019s is a work of art. The owner imported it from the US, and a keyless gear shift lock was added in the sale. The current owner had almost given up the hope of finding a working key for it, when he read about Toool in an old Quest magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gear stick with the lock to the right<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Learning of a community of lock enthusiasts, he contacted us hoping we might have a solution for his problem, and luckily we did. I immediately thought of impressioning a key for the lock. After emailing back and forth a bit, the owner ordered blank keys and arranged for him to visit me after they got in from the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lock cylinder. Note two screws: one in the middle to hold the plug, and a longer one in the back used to install the cylinder<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A couple of weeks later, after the blanks arrived, we arranged to meet and impression some keys. This was the first time I saw the cylinder, and I was surprised to find out it was a five pin cylinder and not a wafer lock as I expected from a car lock. The blanks were from Ilco, DM2, and brass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your’s truly at work<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Impressioning was pretty straightforward, but I did encounter some interesting things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n