Porsche – original vintage 1960s CUD key wallet – collector’s item

NOW SOLD – sorry this key wallet has now been sold and can no longer be ordered

The Porsche key wallet in this listing is an original vintage item which will have been produced in the mid to late 1960s .

Just this one example to offer .

The value of early original Porsche items such as this example has shot up over the last  2 or 3 years in line with the value of the early cars themselves .

Regrettably substantial sums now have to be paid in order to be in a position to be able to offer an item like this one for sale – this is reflected in the listing price .            

A very rare item – and the only example which we have ever seen in the flesh and listed apart from one original Porsche key case received very recently which will be listed when this key wallet sells.

Apart for the key case which is different to the key wallet – we only know of the existence of one other example of a key wallet which is in the hands of one of our regular Porsche customers in USA .

Very few of these key wallets will have been produced at the time and those that were produced were probably used by their owners on a daily basis at the time with the result that very few have survived .

The wallets lent themselves to being crammed with keys ( house keys as well as car keys …………. ) which was not an ideal recipe for longevity !

This Porsche key wallet is in exceptionally good condition with the vitreous enamel badge mounted onto the key wallet which actually appears to be in ostrich skin leather .

The vitreous enamel badge itself is in CUD’s usual jewellery quality vitreous enamel – an absolute work of art in itself .

A variety of leathers were used for keyrings and key wallets at the time including pigskin leather & goatskin leather .

This key wallet will have been marketed by CUD ( Castles Unit Development Co. of Leicester ) but will most probably actually have been made by Heath Machin & Co. of Walsall – who made these items for CUD using CUD’s own badges for the purpose .

The wallet is hardly bigger than a keyring when closed and the ignition key which it is designed to hold would be inserted in the car ignition with the wallet body dangling free .

The wallet measures approximately 3″ x 1.75″ ( 75mm x 45mm ) closed.

Opened up it measures approximately 5″ x 3″ ( 125mm x 75mm )

The press stud ( popper ) snaps shut with precision to close & secure the wallet as they should.

The 4 key hooks within the wallet are strongly mounted onto the leather case.

The key wallet in the photos is the actual one which you will receive- complete with the 3 original Porsche keys which came to us with it still contained within it .

We would think that these keys will relate to a late Porsche 356 or 912 or 1966 onwards 911 or 911S .

This key wallet will be original & correct for use with late Porsche 356 together with Porsche 911 2.0 litre , Porsche 912 and 1966 onwards Porsche 911 & 911S .

SMOSO   00/0521  07/23 ( own property )