

The design would be widely copied and continues to be used in most modern Volkswagens.ġ993 Chevrolet Corvette: GM experiments with proximity-key technology in the ’93 C4. This design provides an additional layer of security, mainly because it’s difficult to replicate.ġ990 Mercedes-Benz SL: New for 1990, the Mercedes SL introduces a “switchblade” key that flips out of an integrated remote-locking fob. The Tibbe key reappears for the 2010–13 Ford Transit Connect before disappearing for good.ġ990 Lexus LS400: One of the first uses of the laser-cut key. By the early ’90s, keyless-entry fobs are going mainstream, forever changing the lives of parking valets.ġ990 Jaguar: Dubbed the Tibbe key, this odd shaft with an oval-shaped tip makes its first appearance in the 1989 Merkur Scorpio before being widely used by Jaguar in the 1990s it also makes its way into many Ford products. But we couldn’t actually find one of these fobs, so we settled for that of another early adopter, the ’87 Cadillac Allanté.

This Vehicle Anti-Theft System trickles down to most GM cars by the ’90s.ġ987 Cadillac Allanté: The ’83 AMC/Renault Alliance has the earliest example of factory-installed remote entry capable of locking and unlocking the doors that we could find. Unlike the single-sided keys preceding it, this one has cuts on both sides, allowing it to be inserted into the tumbler in either orientation.ġ986 Chevrolet Corvette: To make the Vette harder to steal, Chevy adds a coded resistor to the key that is needed to start the car. In 1949, Chrysler introduces the modern key that starts the car with a turn of the ignition tumbler.ġ965 Ford: Ford brings out its double-sided key still used today in many modern cars. The sentence structure could use some serious editing, there were many passages where it was hard to tell who said what.1949 Chrysler: While the first key that turned on a car’s ignition arrived in the early 20th century, it required the push of a button to engage the starter. According to her master, she’d been taught to serve in many more ways… than that one – as her new owner, Quinton Caine would come to find out. He would need help, in more ways than one – thus – the placing of Suga – his most valuable possession – her skills far exceeded many of those whom were purchased simply to fill ones bed. To his reasoning, what better gift could one man offer another? Especially considering that the new doctor had arrived and settled in their small town off the Port end of Connecticut – with practically nothing. Quinton Thaddeus Caine had saved his mother’s life – for this deed, the young surgeon deserved the best that he could give in compensation.

However, at hearing how close he’d come to losing his mother – his priorities, his plan shifted. The slave trader, dealer of “Fancies” was saving the best for last, for a special auction. Published: 2011 Publisher: Amber Swann Publishing Inc
