C1/C2 keys
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St. Jude Donor '07
C1/C2 keys
C1s and C2s used the Briggs & Stratton keys that most (if not all) GM vehicles used from the late 30s into the mid-60s, correct? What do the correct keys look like?
The reason I ask is that I have a nearly pristine GM key (small quantity of brass showing around the tip) that fits none of my old truck locks, and it looks a bit different than any other B&S key I've seen. One side (the side with the code on the knock-out) has the old rectangular GM logo with "YOUR KEY TO GREATER VALUE" around the bottom of the head. The other side has a staggered "RP" logo with small "MADE IN USA" letters beside it. One side of the head says "BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION" and the other says "MILWAUKEE WIS." The code on the knock-out is 8672.
I'll try to post some pictures later.
The reason I ask is that I have a nearly pristine GM key (small quantity of brass showing around the tip) that fits none of my old truck locks, and it looks a bit different than any other B&S key I've seen. One side (the side with the code on the knock-out) has the old rectangular GM logo with "YOUR KEY TO GREATER VALUE" around the bottom of the head. The other side has a staggered "RP" logo with small "MADE IN USA" letters beside it. One side of the head says "BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION" and the other says "MILWAUKEE WIS." The code on the knock-out is 8672.
I'll try to post some pictures later.
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I think the numbers B10 and B12 are the correct letters for the early GM cars. I actually have a code cutter setup for making keys with a punch gun. We use to make a lot of keys for customers and I got good enough to look at a key and correctly set the cutters code. We still have the cutter set and code books but no blanks. Most dealers have the same key cutters and can make your exact keys.
I should have read your post completely Sam, I thought you needed keys.
Wally
I should have read your post completely Sam, I thought you needed keys.
Wally
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I think the numbers B10 and B12 are the correct letters for the early GM cars. I actually have a code cutter setup for making keys with a punch gun. We use to make a lot of keys for customers and I got good enough to look at a key and correctly set the cutters code. We still have the cutter set and code books but no blanks. Most dealers have the same key cutters and can make your exact keys.
I should have read your post completely Sam, I thought you needed keys.
Wally
I should have read your post completely Sam, I thought you needed keys.
Wally
I should add that it's the octagonal head, not the round. I'm going to try to get some pictures now, but I have no idea how the camera is going to react to something so small.
If you need original blanks, I know a locksmith who has a mountain of them. I plan to get a few more keys cut before I move out of town. It's kinda cool to have bright and shiny original B&S keys for the old GMCs. There's always a few blanks on eBay, too.
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Only way I could get a decent image was on the scanner.
I'm sure this wasn't originally from a Corvette, but it may match. I don't have a clue.
I find it somewhat entertaining that the B&S/GM keys only used 64 of the several thousand available combinations. The first two 54/55 GM trucks I bought (a GMC and a Chevy) used the same key.
I'm sure this wasn't originally from a Corvette, but it may match. I don't have a clue.
I find it somewhat entertaining that the B&S/GM keys only used 64 of the several thousand available combinations. The first two 54/55 GM trucks I bought (a GMC and a Chevy) used the same key.
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Only way I could get a decent image was on the scanner.
I'm sure this wasn't originally from a Corvette, but it may match. I don't have a clue.
I find it somewhat entertaining that the B&S/GM keys only used 64 of the several thousand available combinations. The first two 54/55 GM trucks I bought (a GMC and a Chevy) used the same key.
I'm sure this wasn't originally from a Corvette, but it may match. I don't have a clue.
I find it somewhat entertaining that the B&S/GM keys only used 64 of the several thousand available combinations. The first two 54/55 GM trucks I bought (a GMC and a Chevy) used the same key.
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The locksmith I know who has a pile of NOS GM blanks had never seen one like it. I have nary a clue about its original application.
Why would GM put Rochester's logo on a key?
Why would GM put Rochester's logo on a key?
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