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| | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I thought that it was interesting that Briggs/stranton made my GM truck key but then I came across one of my org set of a 68 AMC that I once owned and sure enough, made by Briggs/stranton,, who would have thought it,,Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 47 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 47 | The key to my 57 is a B&S. Still has the key code attached to it. Anyone know if I can still have a key ground from the code? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | The key to my 57 is a B&S. Still has the key code attached to it. Anyone know if I can still have a key ground from the code? Probably if you can find an old-timer locksmith. We are lucky here in Colorado Springs, Henley key service has been in business for several decades. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | Fred - B&S made locks and keys for the entire auto industry from early on, and some time ago the lock division was spun off as Strattec Securitytraindriver, if you can find a long established lock shop they could still have the necessary records for cutting auto keys by code, but if you still have the key, easy enough to make a copy Bill | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Train driver's last post was in 2007 lol
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | So why did you btt? Just to get the conversation going? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | actually it was in 200 4, same as jokers  took 6 years, but I found the answer for ya  Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Curtis Code books can be found on Ebay frequently. I have purchased several of them. GM used the same key with 1500 codes from 1935 to 1966. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | wow, now they can start them without keys
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | There ia a guy advertises in the VCCA magazine "Generator & Distributor, or use to, that does the "old" stuff. His name is Jarvis, in Alderwood Manor, Wa. 425-776-2804 He did some work for me till I found one about 5 miles from my house! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,094 | couple of years ago I went in a lock shop here in metairie and the locksmith took one look at my keys and said the code is on these keys. She wrote the codes down went in the back and came out with two new keys that work perfectly in the locks. The original keys never left my hands.
Tommy
59 apache 1/2t
261 short stepside
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Yes, just tell them the code and they're good to go. I emailed a locksmith a code for a key from 1967, he sends them back in the mail. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 197 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 197 | Years ago I had a '72 Jeep CJ5 and it also had B&S keys. I always thought that was odd.
I just looked and my last post was on 6/7/07! Been gone awhile and I've got to get my '40 finished so I'm here, dipping my toes back in.
Neil
1940 GMC 1/2 Ton
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