Hi,

I have a 66 coupe parts car I am striping and am trying to pull out the ignition cyclinder but I dont have the key, so I can't do the key with a paperclip trick. Any ideas on how to pull the sucker out.

Thanks

 

Don't know of any tricks without a key, but if all else fails, drill it out. Check the depth periodically so that you don't go past the end of the lock cylinder.

 

hammer.




(jk don't do that.... gothand has the right idea )

 

I had a feeling that is what it was going to come to.

 

Well if you don't have a key you're going to have to buy a new one anyway, so I don't see too much of a problem with having to drill it out, or something of that sort.

 

You sure you didn't jack the car?

 

yep i'm pretty sure I paid for it my wallet felt quite a bit lighter after I loaded it on the trailer. Course I probably didn't really need a spare parts car but for 600 bucks I really couldn't pass it up. The car was in a accident so the rear end was hammered and so is the drivers fender and door. However it had a full pony interior and a decent 302/c4 combo with a 9in rear end. The kids parents wanted to punish him for racing so they sold it dirt cheap. I'm thinking about possibly running it past my body guy(my cousin) and fixing up for my niece. I'll be posting pics if I decide to do that.

Chris

 

oh and the reason the key was gone is because the kid tried to run on foot through a field after he crashed while racing and so the keys are somewhere in a 1 mile stretch of farmland wherever he dropped them.

 

MAYBE CHECK WITH THE LOCAL FORD DEALER, IF ITS ORIGINAL, WITH A VIN, THEY CAN MAYBE MAKE A KEY. I'VE DONE THAT WITH G.M.

 

the lock of the car is 40 years old. By now probably any key will fit.
I bought a new set of locks and the new key even fitted the old lock ... maybe you're lucky as well.