A car key knife???

[Maximumbob54]

As a kid my grandmother had an early 70's Impala that came with a small pocket knife where the second blade was a door key to the car. Needless to say I was fascinated and my little kid brain was blown away. She was the only person I even met that had this. Looking this up I guess they were Imperial knives and were a factory option/gimmick. Was this more common than I realize or was it pretty rare?

 

[Blues]

I remember seeing something of the sort years ago. Never had one...though I did have a '67 Fury III.

 

[jmh33]

 

[SharpBits]

I found an old auction listing. I never knew these existed.

 

[Maximumbob54]

YES!!! That's them!!! I feel like I remember the fake MOP and the jack knife sort of design. For sure a single blade and key on the same end and not a fancy well made knife.

 

[Fonedork]

That's pretty cool

 

[DocJD]

pretty rare?

I don't remember this particular thing , but such promotional gimmicks were anything but rare .

This one is more interesting than most . Pens , cups , keychains , T-shirts , frig magnets , etc .

 

[flexo2]

When Chuck Norris opens his house with his car keys: his house starts!

 

[Maximumbob54]

Thought about this again while driving to work this morning. We missed an obvious era where we all still had the fob with key. Victorinox or someone like them should have partnered up and built in the fob into a scale. They had lights, clocks, and I think a few other gadgets built into scales for a while. Seems like a miss.

 

[Ironbut]

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I found an old auction listing. I never knew these existed.

Hmmm. I'm an old geezer, and I don't remember ever seeing any of those. Were they specials that certain dealers had made maybe?

 

[abcdef]

Cool idea.

 

[Sergeua]

When Chuck Norris opens his house with his car keys: his house starts!

Starts and runs

 

[r8shell]

I miss real keys that didn't need batteries & could go through the laundry without damage.