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Back from a work trip, and thank you so much for the replies. 65HiHp I have been considering the Palm Springs meet and plan on going with the car, though I will need to talk to you on the phone first!
Jesser's Classic Keys of Akron, Ohio made a set of keys for the lock cylinders of the car and completed both keys in about 48 hours. It is really neat that the support is here to allow you to keep everything perfectly original.
Next effort is to discover why the transmission shifter lever seems "stuck"....
Nice to speak with you on the phone. Very likely your shifter levers are bound up.
See this thread, and skip down to post 12, and further for help in solving the problem.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...k-on-66-a.html
good luck.
Yes, the code for the glove box is on the cylinder. You need to remove the retainer with a small phillips screw and slide the lock assembly out of the door. Then remove the lock cylinder from the housing. You need the key. There are 4 numbers on the lock cylinder that give you the key code.
You might get better responses starting a new post rather than adding to this one.
Thanks, unfortunately my glove box lock cylinder is not original and coded to the ignition key. I was just wondering if it could be found anywhere else.
Tony, I am working on freshening up just about everything in the passenger door of my 65 Roadster and believe the stamped 4-digit codes are on all the lock cylinders. Here's a pic of my passenger side door lock.
Mike T - Prescott AZ
On R66, the octagonal ignition key fits the ignition and doors. The pear shaped key fit the glove box and I believe the spare tire lock.
Do you mean your ignition key fits the glove box lock? If it does, you can remove the lock assembly and get the numbers off of the cylinder. If not, do you have a second key? An old time locksmith can open it in less than a minute.
There were only a dozen or so codes used in 1966, and the keys were all the same fit configuration from 1947 (I think) to 1966. Thus one key cut fit many cars. I had a 60 Impala that my key would unlock and start my friends 60 Impala. He lived 3 houses away. I sent a few keys to someone here on the forum to try in his C2. Don't recall who, but if you create a new post, you might get a some help from others.
Ron
Tony, I am working on freshening up just about everything in the passenger door of my 65 Roadster and believe the stamped 4-digit codes are on all the lock cylinders. Here's a pic of my passenger side door lock.
Mike T - Prescott AZ
Thanks Mike, I actually found my door lock codes codes using an endoscope I picked up on Amazon, very useful, was able to slide down window opening without removing door panel.
On R66, the octagonal ignition key fits the ignition and doors. The pear shaped key fit the glove box and I believe the spare tire lock.
Do you mean your ignition key fits the glove box lock? If it does, you can remove the lock assembly and get the numbers off of the cylinder. If not, do you have a second key? An old time locksmith can open it in less than a minute.
There were only a dozen or so codes used in 1966, and the keys were all the same fit configuration from 1947 (I think) to 1966. Thus one key cut fit many cars. I had a 60 Impala that my key would unlock and start my friends 60 Impala. He lived 3 houses away. I sent a few keys to someone here on the forum to try in his C2. Don't recall who, but if you create a new post, you might get a some help from others.
Ron
Hi Ron, my ignition key does fit my glove box and I have my ignition 4 digit code which matches the door lock code but its not the original to the car as it doesn't match the 4 digit code I recently found on the cross bar behind the dash gauges. I know the glove box had the pear shaped key with a different 4 digit code, that's the one I was after.
