[NoVa-Corvairs] Help!

[dkakd at aol.com]

Guys:


Thanks for the suggestions.


It's ironic.  I was possibly to meet Bryan this afternoon to take a look at a brake issue.  One way to solve a brake issue to make sure you cannot drive the car!  Not the best solution, but temporarily effective.


OY!


Dan



-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: Northern Va Corvair Club <novacc-list at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 11:31 am
Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Help!


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....
> 
> Frank DuVal



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