Where can I get new key blanks?

I misplaced my primary set of keys and have only one set remaining. So I would like to get several copies. The local lock smith just about had a conniption fit of laughter when I asked him if he could cut me some keys for a Ferrari!

 

THANKS! I told the lock smith the keys might be Alpha or Fiat blanks. He told me they might as well be from a 1949 Hudson as far as he was concerned!

 

Very much a mountain thing. We have ONE, count them: one, lock smith. And if these Fiat blanks are steel he will not cut them. I suspect the local Home Depot will cut them. But what a pain to have misplaced my keys!

On the other hand I have a local wrench who loves to work on the Ferrari. For instance, he did my clutch for $2,000 labor. And I am confident he did as good or better job because he spent his time and paid attention. For instance, he disliked one of the seals that came with the rebuild kit and found a better one at AutoZone. He replaced all four of my CV Joints and told me he would rather have done another clutch. And other things.

He specializes in 1930 era hot rods. Has been trying to get me to do one for years. And here is his expertise. He uses Jaguar rear ends. Builds his own chassis pieces, installs A/C in them etc etc etc.

PS: Years ago I took to sampling the local White Lightening. Yes. We still DO have boot leggers up here in my very own mountains. And get this. I like Scotch; LaPhroag is where you end up. But White Lightning is poison even when sold in legal State Liquor Stores. But a buddy of mine bought a gallon of pale yellow stuff that was probably 120 proof. And you know what? I would have put it on the top shelf in ANY high end bar. Unbelievable!

The chemical composition was certainly unknown. But the taste was, well, subtle, refined, and very very potent! $32 per gallon.

 

I have always admired these things but I was into cornering! My local wrench wants me to do a standard GM sedan from about 1939 or some such. And then there is this! My school mate Norm Wizner made a Bucket T WAY back in the old days. Perhaps about 1970. Apparently HIS was used as a template for one of the toy manufacturers. Later I heard he had a shop in Atlanta.

My favorite, however, was retro mod early or mid 1950s Mercury two door that the guy who did chrome for my 1991 Mark VII had. Black and yellow! Electric Windows. A/C. Modern suspension and brakes. I was in lust! I forget the power train, but the entire vehicle looked block stock 1950's!

One of our car shows up here in the Mountains (we have some seriously good ones) there was a group of couples who had Rolls Royce's and Bentley and an American vehicle or two from just after the brass age. These were giant rolling mausoleums. But every last one of them was retro mod! They would drive from show to show over the season and just chill out!

One year we had the S.E American Auto Restoration traveling exhibition. Geeze. There were so many exceptional cars I could not comprehend it. I mean Smithsonian grade 1912 or some such Cadillacs. There were probably 20 Chevy Cameo (?) "pickup-cars". And front opening BMWs from the 1950s. I remember seeing the only 1954 restored Plymouth 2door I had ever seen! As a kid I thought our 1956 was SO much better.

Well. I really really liked that Raymond Lowe cum Studebaker clean look now! I have been to so many car shows in my life I have given up. Even though almost every last one of them has something new! A long time ago I became one of the few people to have ever seen an actual Tucker DRIVE to the exhibition spot. Rockville required that as a qualification for entry. I think EYE exhibited my pathetic 1965 Corvair Convertible which was and still is pathetic.