Re: [AMC-List] AMC Locks and Keys

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doc said:
snip

The bottom line is if some one says it
can't be done or a part can't be found find some one
else.


Doc,
I gotta trust my local locksmith.  He is a fixture
here in Salinas.  He did know that the hatch lock was
also the same lock that Weatherguard used on the tool
boxes.  He looked up the code off of the lock, but
evidently the code sequence stamped on the lock was
wrong. He made three keys and none of them worked.  He
didn't want to disassemble the lock because the bezel
would be ruined in the process and he said the bezel
would cost $40 to replace.  I told him I had two other
locks at home and he said bring them in and he would
try them.  He did not charge me anything for the bad
keys of course.  

He is a good guy.  In the past he has loaned me his
two large boxes of AMC dealer keys for pre-1970 AMCs. 
Using these keys I was able to get keys for my 63
American, with just the cost of duplicating a key ($5
or so).  He knows what a Rambler is and when I told
him the latch lock was for a 77 Gremlin he just smiled
knowingly.  

I was able to find the new lock that I need, I think,
at Kennedy American, and if that doesn't work out,
I'll go back to the locksmith with the two extra locks
and let him try to key them or re-key them as the case
may be.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA    
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