JerseyHarold Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) My '51 Plymouth business coupe didn't come with any keys. I've found a place online (www.key-men.com) that will cut by code inexpensively.....the trick is providing them with the code. Does the Mopar build card show them? Thanks for any input. Harold Edited February 1, 2015 by JerseyHarold Quote
_shel_ny Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 Sample card in this thread: http://p15-d24.com/topic/26107-build-card-decoding/?hl=%2Bbuild+%2Bcard Does not seem to have that info. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 Back to the key question.......the only solution I have found is a good locksmith. And, those are hard to find here where I live. The last one that tried to make a key produced one that just barely worked, plus he broke a piece on the trunk lock. The only good , old, lock guy we had around here used one of those little gun type things that I referred to as "shooting the lock".......it gauged the placement of the pins or something. He could produce a good working key pretty quick. However, I read somewhere that those tools are supposedly now illegal because they can be operated by crooks as well as locksmiths. Found this info on a forensic lock picking site.........apparently they are called "pick guns" Manual pick guns are spring-loaded tools that resemble a toy gun with a lockpick attached to the front. The lockpick is interchangeable, and referred to as the "needle." To open the lock, the needle is inserted in the lock and placed under all pin stacks. As with lockpicking, a separate tension tool is used to apply tension and rotate the plug. Light tension is applied to the tension tool and the trigger of the pick gun is fired. According to physics, the kinetic energy transfers from bottom pin to top pin, causing the top pins to "jump" in their chambers. If all top pins jump above the shear-line at the same time, the plug can be rotated to unlock the lock. 1 Quote
Don Coatney Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 I think most good locksmiths have dual careers as movie and TV actors. They can pick most locks using a paperclip in less than 30 seconds. They can open most safes in less than a minute or if they are really in a hurry they can pull out a stick or two of dynamite and open the safe almost immediately. There must be a lot of dynamite outlet stores in Hollywood as they all seem to have an ample supply and carry a couple sticks with them at all times just in case they need to blow something up. Quote
JerseyHarold Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Posted February 1, 2015 Sample card in this thread: http://p15-d24.com/topic/26107-build-card-decoding/?hl=%2Bbuild+%2Bcard Does not seem to have that info. In the middle of the bottom edge of the build card in the other thread is a space for key number with a number pencilled-in. Key numbers might have been hit-or-miss because it's a hand-written entry. 1 Quote
_shel_ny Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 In the middle of the bottom edge of the build card in the other thread is a space for key number with a number pencilled-in. Key numbers might have been hit-or-miss because it's a hand-written entry. OK, looked so fast that I missed that space Quote
_shel_ny Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 Another: http://p15-d24.com/topic/34169-build-card-for-my-old-dodge/?hl=%2Bbuild+%2Bcard Quote
JerseyHarold Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Posted February 1, 2015 Looks like I'll be sending away from the build card and take my chances that the key code is there. I'd rather spend the money on the build card than paying for a locksmith. Quote
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