Something I've never seen at a swap meet till today

[falcongeorge]

Originally Posted by Harms Way

I was at Hershey in the 70's and I seen the strangest thing I had ever seen at a swap meet for sale,.... Are you ready for this ????,.... A shoe box full of used dentures and partial plates...

Seriously !,... I asked the guy where they came from,.. He said he worked for a funeral home... still kind of creeps me out. So I would assume that a bucket of old keys would have more appeal. IMHO

Man, that is nasty on so many levels...

[stillrunners]

GM's had alot of like keys.....and since I have alot from the old wrecking yard....Ford not so much....have yet to find keys to unlock the 35 up locking columns I have around....damn the luck....

[bodi]

If you have an 80-86 Subaru with stock keys, and happen upon another Subaru of the same era, you have a 1 in 8 shot of your key opening, and starting the other Subaru.... not that you'd really want to, but, those are the odds.

[fastcar1953]

how many of you guys have been out trying to unlock cars with your keys since this thread started ? maybe we can start a key swap list. what keys fit what cars. lol...

[Hilo hotrodder]

In 62 I had a 56 olds with a worn out key,it started every GM car i ever tried it on.

[Insane 1]

Yep got a bucket full of keys for the same reason of needing one for a car w/o a key.

Used a Tauras key for the ignition of a 69 Muraurder the other day.

You can buy a key set that will work for a lot of cars. I have a GM set of about 80 keys or so that works from the 30's -60's......

[billsill45]

Some of us just like old keys. I still have the original keys for my '56 Ford Customline Victoria HT that I foolishly sold in 1968. Cue the sad music while I wipe away the tears.....

[49ratfink]

70's Datsuns are known for many keys starting or opening doors of many other cars. I had a few friends in the 80's with 70's Datsuns. after a while getting your car stolen wasn't funny anymore.

a lady at our work had her orange 240 Z "stolen" by a lady who had a 240 Z and parked a aisle over. .

[jnichols]

Many years ago my boss tossed me a set of keys and told me to replace the steering rack in that red ford escort "over there" as he vaugely gestured toward a car in the stripmall parking lot in front of the shop. I pulled the car in, with the steering all stiff and binding, and had the new rack almost in when we saw the police out front. Yep, wrong car. woman got a free steering rack. I had to do the job all over again on the orange escort a couple of rows over.

[barryvanhook]

Originally Posted by hemi46

Back in high school, I had a 53 Chev. The trunk key would start a buddy's aunts 66 Caddy

I guess I wonder about the circumstances where something like this might be discovered ... boys behaving badly?

[57ford/60thunderbird]

i think i heard at one time gm only had 5 different patterns for thier keys i had a o/t 78 nova i locked the keys in it one timein high school another guys 77 novas igniton key unlocked my door

[BuiltFerComfort]

Me, I'm looking for assorted old Mopar keys so I can find one to fit my '39 door and trunk. Otherwise I will have to take them apart or find a locksmith.

So I'd happily buy the guy's bucket of keys with the proviso I can sell it back to him (less one key) for five bucks less, after I try a bunch & find the one that fits.

( if anyone has misc old Mopar keys available drop me a PM)