Lost keys in Las Vegas

[raoul mitgong]

Paul,
Check this picture and let me know if you think this 7 could be an upside down 4?
If this is a 4, then the entire number is stamped upside down from all the others I've seen on the interwebs. If a 7, then the 8 and 3 are upside down...
Slider handle doesn't match so I'd need to get into the ignition or hatch from here.

-d

(Sorry for the major thread jack)

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[erste]

[Paulbeard]

I vote for 6378 as well. Are all the others the same?
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[djkeev]

That's great! ^^^^

I use number and letter stamps with some frequency, it is so very easy to flip one over and stamp upside down!

That 7 is a 7 though, I don't see how you see a potential 4.

Dave
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Ghia
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392473

Vanagon
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6315537#6315537

Beetle
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=482968&highlight=74+super+vert

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I'd say it 6878...
in this pic, the 8 is copied and moved on the top, another copy was tinted in purple, moved on top of the "3"and a bit on the right to show the matching.

[raoul mitgong]

Here is an inverted 4 from another Vanagon handle. I'm 99% leaning 4. Who's got a confirmed 7?

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[jimf909]

[erste]

The 8 does line up (outer profile). Maybe the '8' stamp broke in the middle and couldn't register?

6878

I can't wait to check for this code when I get my vanagon back.

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if the 7 is an inverted 4 then the code should be read from right to left and would be 8439, and it's not the case.
in 6878, the number 7 looks very like as a 7 as in this pic showing 9237 (from a hatch lock)

[raoul mitgong]

That hatch 7 is the same height as all the other digits. My "7" sure seems smaller compared to the others. It is only $30/key but I should still dig into my hatch to make sure.
-d
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84 Westy with a 2.1 (Groover)
86 Tintop Syncro (Crow)
86 Tintop Syncro to Westy project (Tom Servo)
91 Westy (Only the top 12 inches of this van (a burn victim))

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I'd think that the section where the code was stamped is not flat - the center is lower than the top and bottom of code. The 6 and the 8 didn't register fully, same as the top and bottom of the 7.

[raoul mitgong]

I think we are all in agreement that it is f'ed up. In what way is the question.
Not sure if I should report back when I get a working key in case someone really wants my van for free.
-d
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86 Tintop Syncro (Crow)
86 Tintop Syncro to Westy project (Tom Servo)
91 Westy (Only the top 12 inches of this van (a burn victim))

[Paulbeard]

Just got my key from Steve's…looks and works fine, better looking than what I had (it has the plastic head surround where all my others are flat metal).

As I noted upthread (or perhaps via PM) the number and a photo of the botched stamp might be enough. Steve asked for a pic of a working key to verify so perhaps 2 or 3 good numbers and the photo will allow him to figure it out.
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[jimf909]

[Paulbeard]

[raoul mitgong]

It was a 4.
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84 Westy with a 2.1 (Groover)
86 Tintop Syncro (Crow)
86 Tintop Syncro to Westy project (Tom Servo)
91 Westy (Only the top 12 inches of this van (a burn victim))