I'm going to try this here...Has/have any of you guy got your original keys? These are pics of my keys.I'm pretty sure they are original but not positive.I've been to two Gm dealers to get the codes and they seem reluctant to help.I don't know why...I know there is a fee but it shouldn't be hard...should it? Anyone have any experiences to share?
The original keys were Briggs and Stratton. There was a knock out part that had the key code on it. In the owners manual it told the owner to knock the insert with the key code out of the key and keep it in a safe place. On some of the inserts the hole was too small to fit a standard key ring, so you had no choice but to remove it.
Call a local well established lock & key place to see if they have any. I know Heads Lock & Key here in Calgary used to have the Briggs & Stratton blanks.
The dealer should be able to provide the codes if you have the VIN and proof of ownership. Worse case you would have to pull the locks and a good lock shop could make new keys. I have a set of new reproduction key blanks(non briggs) like the ones pictured, if you are interested PM me your address and I will send them to you.
I believe that you can get the key codes from Vintage Vehicle Services if you have a Canadian car. There is an additional cost above what the vehicle package costs. I have never used the service so can't speak to the requirements of getting this information.
'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.
'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.
I read one of my VVS documents from this year and as Carl said it now states:
"We also would like to inform you that the original key codes for your vehicle are available, just contact your local General Motors dealer Parts Department with proof of ownership. Key codes are available back to 1946 on Canadian built/sold vehicles"
WOW! Now this is why I joined this forum! I tell anyone I meet with a Pontiac to hurry up and do the same.So yup I got my VVS package and as stated above ..Key codes available back to 46. $60.00 At Carter Gm in Burnaby..they phone VVS for the info having verified ID..Haven't paid that yet because the counter guy wanted pics of my keys first to see if he can find any..so I posted here and now thanks to Darryl I found my brain and looked in my protection plan booklet and they they are!! . I now also know that my keys are worn out copies. So now if I get correct blanks a local key cutting service can cut using my codes..? Is that correct?
I've actually been meaning to go to the GM dealership beside my work (in High River Alberta) to piece-meal out new locks and keys;
it will be a bit more money this way, but I think I'm doing this anyway.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red on black (std) interior "no drivetrain option" car (same base drivetrain as GTO) 1:411 1970 Firebird Formulas originally sold in Canada
I've actually been meaning to go to the GM dealership beside my work (in High River Alberta) to piece-meal out new locks and keys; it will be a bit more money this way, but I think I'm doing this anyway.
I had Highwood Lock & Key in High River cut me new GM keys from the old keys for the 70 454 Laurentian. He looked at the old ones, figured out the codes, and cut new ones.
Later I realized I actually had the codes on the original bill of sale.
so I posted here and now thanks to Darryl I found my brain and looked in my protection plan booklet and they they are!!
Glad I could help!
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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.
I just called Heads Lock & Key here in Calgary. They still have the Briggs & Stratton blanks, and are readily available. A local well established lock & key place should be able to source the blanks, and cut you need keys using the codes you provide.
When Heads Lock & Key cut me keys for my 57 Chevy back in the early 90's, they popped out the ignition cylinder out and got the code off the side of it.
If you have a collection of about 20 of these old keys, you can start almost any old gm car. They were not very secure until locking steering columns came out.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
If you have a collection of about 20 of these old keys, you can start almost any old gm car. They were not very secure until locking steering columns came out.
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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.
So true. My Dad always told the story of how he was driving a friend's car home from a dance. They left the dance and walked to the friends and he was having trouble getting the door unlocked. The police came and held the flashlight until he got the door unlocked. Lucky for Dad it was long before the breathalizer and drunk driving laws were what they are today. They all got in the car and when Dad tried to start it the ignition key wouldn't turn. After awhile, he realized he was using the keys to his 62 Biscayne and the friend's car was a 62 Strato Chief, both were black with red interior.
Just for fun here is some of my key madness! Some of these go back to the twenties. My father in law was a founding member of the Sunshine Coast Drag Race association and a hot rodder from way back..He owned a few rare cars from the 1920's.A Rickenbacker and a Diana amongst them..The newer keys are from a time in the 90's when I worked inmanagement in a GM dealership bodyshop.We handled a stolen recovery for every day of the month at that time! I did all of the lock cylinder recoding myself in house..I gave this "line" of new keys to my son to play with.