Wow, I've cut a million of those I bet. I grew up in a hardware store in the 70s (so 0.95 plus 0.05 tax, $1.00 per key!) and watched the transition from the old "stop sign" key to the "rectangle" key. Is that what you're talking about perhaps?
My Dad had a '61 Pontiac with a shallow cut key that would, for some reason, open and start about -half- of the era GM cars he tried with it... so I do think the old lock was all that secure.
I have an original ignition key from my 65 Custom Sport.
Six sided head with the numbered knockout still intact. Number on the knockout matches the ignition key number on the original bill of sale.
One side says " Briggs and Stratton Corporation, Milwaukee WIS U.S.A. "
Other side says " GM your key to greater value "
Thanks for all the replies.
The Rochester description is helpful.
Seems that either brand is correct though, which means neither were exclusive to Canada.
That makes things easy.
True that there aren't very many different cuts when it came to the early keys.
I could probably get a bunch of used original cut keys and find one that fits.
Might be able to get the codes from the cut of my existing keys too.
I have to do some door panel work though, so I'll grab a door/ignition code off a cylinder when everything is opened up.
Trunk cylinder is super simple to deal with.
With the codes I could search ebay for some used keys with matching knockout code stamps.
Wow, I've cut a million of those I bet. I grew up in a hardware store in the 70s (so 0.95 plus 0.05 tax, $1.00 per key!) and watched the transition from the old "stop sign" key to the "rectangle" key. Is that what you're talking about perhaps?
My Dad had a '61 Pontiac with a shallow cut key that would, for some reason, open and start about -half- of the era GM cars he tried with it... so I do think the old lock was all that secure.
The one original key that came with my '66 Parisienne is the Briggs & Straton for the glove box lock. Dave, I remember my father doing the same thing with the key for his '64 Laurentian, when someone had lock them self out he was able to open it with his and it was a different make as well.
Six sided head with the numbered knockout still intact. Number on the knockout matches the ignition key number on the original bill of sale. One side says " Briggs and Stratton Corporation, Milwaukee WIS U.S.A. " Other side says " GM your key to greater value "
Yes. My originals are B & S with the key #s on them.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.