73aussievette

Hi,
Could someone please help me on opening the door on my 73 vette. I've locked the door with my key in the ignition, seeing we have just moved house I can not find where I've put my spare key.

I've have heard there is a way with a dipstick?

hope somebody out there can help me as I don't want to resort to smashing a window seeing the car is all original.

Cheers
Mike

doorgunner

Ther is a large pivoting hinge inside the door allthe way toward the rear of it. You need a long slender object similar to a dipstick...bend the end upward about an inch to make a "hook" that will fit between the door glass and the weatherstrip....push the "tool" down about 6 to 10 inches and then pull upward....when the tool catches the correct hinge, you will hear a dull "click"---the door is now unlocked and csn be opened.

You may hear the click on the first try....or it may take an hour! Google Corvete door latch mechanism pictures so you will have a good idea of what you are trying to "hook on to".

A "wire coat-hanger" can also be fashioned into a hook-type tool by cutting and straightening and forming a slender hook on one end of it.

imariver

Any locksmith can open it . . . .

Ask me how I know.

Cavu2u

Well Aussie,

Did you get it open?

doorgunner

He's still working on it! Give it another 12 hours.

68/70Vette

Am acquaintance of mine locked himself out of a Lincoln Continental in the early 1980's. I watch a locksmith make a new key that opened the door. He had a contraption that he probed into the door, it had a trigger handle and some sort of a wheel that he clicked and turned to sense the key code. It took the locksmith 5 or 10 minutes (???). He charged a lot of money. The car was in a semi-remote area.

I'll be going through an update on this procedure soon. I've lost the door key to my 68. I can't lock the door. I do have the ignition key. I'm going to need a locksmith who can make a new key from scratch.

imariver

The locksmith, (that AAA sent) to unlock my door, had a box of keys in his mobile van. All he did was pick out a couple of keys and bingo . . . .
Door open! Now I keep a spare in my wallet.

73aussievette

Still trying to get in :O