Honestly I'll take that over the shit we have today. The ignition key had a resistor whose value was keyed to the ecm and it wouldn't start if it was wrong (which was why at least the Camaros and Corvettes had separate keys). It was enough of a hurdle that I still think it would deter anyone who didn't have both time and really wanted your car, and if they have both they're probably getting it anyway.
The later ones did, yeah, but I feel like that only lasted for a few years. The separate ignition key long predates the resistor key thing. In other words, that's not WHY they had separate keys.
Yes and so many of them you could just pull the key out of the ignition while it was running. Or when they got got really worn out, you could just turn the ignition on without any key at all.
Or the Hondas and Nissans up to the early 2000s, you could use pretty much any key from any other car of the same make if you just jiggled the key.
Yes the square and the round ones! I think t tops were a different key that only had a couple possible combinations.
Do we still have the separate key so the valet can't unlock the glove compartment?
my tesla's even better, it was delivered with a glove box that wouldn't open at all for anyone!