Blank Triumph Keys

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Blank Triumph Keys

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Are blank Triumph Keys available??
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I got some from ebay not long ago labelled for Stag but the same blank, £4 each. They are not OE pattern with the black plastic bit on the non business end but they do the job.

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Best to source in person if you can as there are several profiles. Most long established locksmiths will have some old stock.
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Carledo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:48 am I got some from ebay not long ago labelled for Stag but the same blank, £4 each. They are not OE pattern with the black plastic bit on the non business end but they do the job.

Steve
Great thanks - did Dolomites of that age have the black plastic on the key?
Triumph Dolomite Sprint (RNK 957W)

Automatic, porcelain white - 52,820, genuine mileage (warranted).

Built 26/6/1980, 3 previous owners (2 within the same family).

Supplied by Lavender Hill Garage Ltd, Enfield, London, by garage owner Jimmy Metcalfe on 30th September 1980 to Geoffrey Robinson, Enfield, London.

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#5 Post by Magenta Auto Sprint »

I too bought some from Ebay and then found my branch of Timpsons (Tescos) shoe/key cutters had blanks hanging up.

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Great thanks - did Dolomites of that age have the black plastic on the key?
No at least mine never did and it has original keys. Mine's a 77 model and keys have no plastic and a stamped Leyland logo.

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Macleesh wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 6:39 pm

Great thanks - did Dolomites of that age have the black plastic on the key?
No at least mine never did and it has original keys. Mine's a 77 model and keys have no plastic and a stamped Leyland logo.

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That's what my one is like, 1980, but I only have the one so wondered if the 2nd set may have had it.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint (RNK 957W)

Automatic, porcelain white - 52,820, genuine mileage (warranted).

Built 26/6/1980, 3 previous owners (2 within the same family).

Supplied by Lavender Hill Garage Ltd, Enfield, London, by garage owner Jimmy Metcalfe on 30th September 1980 to Geoffrey Robinson, Enfield, London.

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#8 Post by AlanH »

I got mine from my local locksmith.

They are Silca UNI 19, this bloke seems to confirm they are correct.
https://www.lsc.com.au/Products/Keys-Ac ... UNI19.html

He is in Australia but there is the JMA equivalent here
http://www.supremeplumb.com/cgi-bin/car ... item=00879

Looks like they are the same as the MGB so should be reasonably easy to get.

Mine are actually slightly different to the original that I have, there is a ridge at the top of the original.

Works fine though.
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