[NoVa-Corvairs] Help!

[Bryan Blackwell]

On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:09 AM, dkakd at aol.com wrote:

> I know I can pull the cylinder out of the passenger to get the code, but I spoke to one locksmith and he did not have codes for that far back.  Do you think most other smiths would also not have sixties codes?

Frank Duval <corvairduval at cox.net> in Fredericksburg and Jeff at the Corvair Ranch can both cut keys from the codes.  Be aware that the '69 uses a later blank and is different from other years of Corvairs.  I've pasted a description from Frank below.  For a local shop you'll likely need to find one that's been in business for a long time to cut the keys from the codes.

--Bryan

On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Frank DuVal wrote:

> On 1935 to 1966 Briggs & Stratton locks used by GM (B-10 and B-11 typical keys) there are 6 tumblers and 4 depth positions.  So Padgett is right, there are in theory 4 to the 6th possibilities (4096). In 1967 the A B C D  series of keys (B-45 B-46 etc) started and these had 5 depths of cut. So now we have 5 to the 6th  (15,625) possibilities. Glove box locks did not always have 6 tumblers.  They are a less secure lock. And not all possibilities were used, such as in a key cut to all depth 5. From 1935 to 1966 only 1500 key combinations were used. In 1967 there were 1000 key combinations for the A  (B-48) key and 1000 combinations used for the B (B-49) key. Again 1000 for the C & D for 1968 and E & H for 1969. Now if I just knew how to do exponents in e-mails....
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> Frank DuVal