Re: Lost 1969 roadrunner keys
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If there is any chance it had a locking glove box, and it still matched the locks, remove the lock assembly and the locksmith will make you a trunk key.
For the ignition, use a door lock cylinder.
Assuming that over the last 53 years nothing has been swapped.
Good luck. Getting into the trunk isn't bad, but if you have aged as gracefully as I, you will likely need to recruit someone, ah, more agile than me.
Honestly, I think a good locksmith can make the keys, without all the calisthenics, but it will require a service call.
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Re: Lost 1969 roadrunner keys
[Re: Sammy]
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Re: Lost 1969 roadrunner keys
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04/08/22 09:32 PM
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Or, if you know someone that has a lot of old Mopar keys (I've got a bag with about 50 different Mopar keys), the odds are pretty good he has a key that would match your locks. Good luck with a locksmith. We were on vacation in CO and my wife lost the trunk key. I was able to get it open and pulled the lock assembly, took it to 3 different locksmiths to have them make a key, two said they could when I left the lock assembly with them for a day, but neither would make a key. One of them told me it was a "liability issue", he couldn't be sure the lock assembly I brought in belonged to me. I brought you a lock assembly to have a key made for, but somehow it matters if that lock assembly maybe doesn't belong to me, so you have some kind of liability to make a key for it? How about if I bolt it back in the car, will you make a key for me then? Nope! I didn't have any issues getting a key made here in town.
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Re: Lost 1969 roadrunner keys
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Or, if you know someone that has a lot of old Mopar keys (I've got a bag with about 50 different Mopar keys), the odds are pretty good he has a key that would match your locks. Good luck with a locksmith. We were on vacation in CO and my wife lost the trunk key. I was able to get it open and pulled the lock assembly, took it to 3 different locksmiths to have them make a key, two said they could when I left the lock assembly with them for a day, but neither would make a key. One of them told me it was a "liability issue", he couldn't be sure the lock assembly I brought in belonged to me. I brought you a lock assembly to have a key made for, but somehow it matters if that lock assembly maybe doesn't belong to me, so you have some kind of liability to make a key for it? How about if I bolt it back in the car, will you make a key for me then? Nope! I didn't have any issues getting a key made here in town. That is BS. I understand when you go to a dealer asking to make a key by the cars VIN number. But when you bring them the lock and they will not make a key for it. [censored]. You should of showed him the car with the hole in the trunk.
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Re: Lost 1969 roadrunner keys
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I fI remember correctly, Chrysler had only about 23 tumbler combos for the ignition key. I found that out after my Plymouth key opened my buddy's Dodge in an emergency lock-out.
Joe While you can get lucky there are way more than 23 combinations. The EP and ES series keys have 5 positions with 6 possible tumblers and drivers for each position. You do the math.
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Re: Lost 1969 roadrunner keys
[Re: NITROUSN]
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while the math would be: 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 = 7,776 combinations
the factory only used ES/EP 0001 thru 3000 (at least through the mid-'70s) So is that more than 23. [LOL] Never said it worked every time, but old keys have worked in other cars many times over the last 20 years. If you have a bag full of keys, it may be worth the time to try them out. You don't need a key for every combination, you just need the one key that matches the lock you have.
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