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Week before last my shop was broken into. The hooligans got into my key locker and stole all the keys, one of which was for my '74 CS, the only one I had. I pulled the door cylinder for the code and relayed the info to Carl N. (LaJolla Independent) He now awaits word from BMW to decide if they have jurisdiction to make the keys for a car registered in Canada. Apparently he had the same trouble for a customer in Mexico, and BMW decided they did not have jurisdiction. Carl was able to do a work around but it was a pain in the ass. The answer from BMW Canada...complete lock set shipped from Germany for $750. This is an option from Carl as well, but I was afraid to ask the price until other avenues are exhausted.
I guess what I am saying is to all...get duplicates of your key while in hand so you do not end up like me. The irony of course is that a)the car is nearly 40 yrs old for crissakes and b)anyone with a small amount of knowledge can pull the switch and fire the car with a screwdriver in minutes...so much for the overly complicated "security key"
Got ahead myself here venting frustration...the steering wheel lock. Bitch of a job this one. Now glad I am ready, all blind screws I replaced with standard cap screws when the intermediate piece of the ignition wore out. I just do not understand BMW's position on this deal.
 
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What? They didn't hear about NAFTA? Methinks they don't want to spoil BMW Canada's $750 gain. Live and learn, I never thought you had thieves in B.C....
 
Thieves

Might want to start another thread/forum to work this one out...finance guys in cahoots? NAFTA et al? What has started the worldwide troubles to begin with? My contemporaries and greed sorry to say. But hey...as long as I have mine, who cares about yours?
 
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If LaJolla doesn't work out for you may want to try Keys4Classics.com [[email protected]]. I used them about a year ago to make copies of my key. I dealt with Stuart and he provided excellent service. They made copies from a scan of my key that I e-mailed to him but they can also make them from the code. No worries about NAFTA either as they are located in Australia! I paid USD$49.95 for 2 keys.

As I recall it took a couple of weeks for the keys to arrive by mail (I'm in Canada as well).
 
There you go

Thanks so much for that Mr. 72. Looks like us Canada boys need to stick together. Let us see how Carl makes out...he is a very resourceful kind of guy. A bunch of stuff out there in the German market for complete lock sets. I hope I do not need to go the complete set route...$$$ The Aussie boys seem like a good deal...way good deal and thanks again for the
advise. Where are you?
 
I have attempted to contact the Aussie link with no response. The Mac says "not valid e-mail address" send anyway, no message as to returned. Should be Monday morning there now.
Let us see how it goes...
 
keys4classics

The address for keys4classics as below was correct at November. As I had him make a set for my CS.
If you still have problems his other contact details are ..
Fax: 61-2-6100-6114
phone: 61-2-6248-8956
He also made mine from a scan of my existing key ... he was even able to advise me of the code for future reference.

Good luck
 
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