Lost trunk key to my '49 buick

What are my options? Local locksmiths are pretty incompetent.. I tried takign door cylinders out and had keys made that work the doors now, they dont work on the trunk. Funny thing is that I only had 1 key for the car and it never opened the doors, just the trunk. I figured before something was wrong with the door cylinders but never got around to takign them apart, now i know why .. still kicking myself for loosing the key btw

 

You're in Brooklyn. There are TONS of folks there that know how to pick a lock! J/K. Any competent locksmith should be able to pick it open, remove the cylinder and fab a key for you. Just a matter of finding one willing to do it.

 

Use a screw driver

 

take rear seat-back out of the car...climb through the opening(or get someone small enough to do so) and using some needle nose pliers, turn the post that is passing from the lock cylinder thru the latch itself...voila! trunk is open

 

Pull the seat and crawl in from the back.... or knock out the lock... and shave the trunk!!

 

acetaline torch.
wait, did you want your trunk lid?

welcome by the way

 

I got the trunk opened, unbolted the latches through the back seat.. Took it to 4 locksmiths so far

 

you would think so.. i figured locksmiths down in coney island would be good, but aparently they specialize in the 80s cars, go figure

 

Call a locksmith and tell them that you need a lock re-keyed and have them re-key it so it is the same as your doors.

 

Get out your yellow pages and call around. Let them know what you need, and that you can get blank keys if they can't. Someone will know what they're doing.

 

Find a locksmith who's been in business for 40 years or better. Blank should be the same GM for all '66 and earlier cars. '70s AMC ignition may also work (I know the trunk blank is the same shaft as the older GM ignition. Makes you wonder how many AMCs could have been stolen when new with just a ring of junkyard GM keys).

 

use a wire wheel on a bench grinder and use it to "dull" your new key like it is worn out. the tumblers in the cylinder are worn and the new key isnt.

 

go to (old buick parts.com) and get all your key needs the web site sucks order the catalog

 

Old-time junkyards have huge rings of old keys hanging on the wall with no use for them any more. Find one that fits, they'll probably give it to you.

 

i don't get why you don't think a locksmith could do it.

 

does your glove box have a lock???????? that should use the same key as the trunk... bring that to locksmith

 

Send it to me with a spare key that matches the door keys and I'll haul it to my locksmith who has never failed me on something like this. Under 10 bucks to have it done. I have no idea how many times they have made a key to match the tumbler or matched a tumbler to an existing key for me.