<VV> Help...Help...the key is stuck in my trunk.

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Paul,

If you remove a headlight bucket, you can get to the back of the mechanism and grab the extension that actually opens the latch from the backside, at the very least you won’t risk breaking the key off.  Assuming you’re right handed, the left bucket is the better one to work through.

--Bryan

> On Apr 9, 2017, at 10:46 AM, Paul Siano via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> I bought the car new in 1966 and this has never happened before.
> The key is original and has opened the trunk countless times.
> The key went in normally, I turned it 90 degrees, the trunk lid did not open.
> I can't return the key to vertical...it's locked in position.
> I tried lubrication and used pliers. (not enough to break the key)  It goes in slightly but otherwise doesn't move.
> I've jiggled everything and applied pressure in every direction possible.