Keys ignition and door.
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:55 am
I'm after a bit of information about keys
Does anyone know what series of keys were used on early cars? I'm trying to work out if the locks on my January 1961 Traveller are original or have been taken from something else. Both the rear and driver's side door locks are marked 709 on the square shafts and the lock barrels. A bit of online research suggests 709 fits into Wilmot Breeden's FP series of keys. One source suggests that FP series was used up until 1960 when it was replaced with the almost ubiquitous FS series. As I understand it, both FP and FS used the same internal mechanism, just the cross section profile of the key differs. The door looks have no internal profile, i.e. they are just rectangular in section and will fit either an FP or FS series key.
The ignition switch is dated 1964 and is marked FS 898 which would make sense for that period but clearly isn't original. Did the really early cars use FP series keys?
Tim
Does anyone know what series of keys were used on early cars? I'm trying to work out if the locks on my January 1961 Traveller are original or have been taken from something else. Both the rear and driver's side door locks are marked 709 on the square shafts and the lock barrels. A bit of online research suggests 709 fits into Wilmot Breeden's FP series of keys. One source suggests that FP series was used up until 1960 when it was replaced with the almost ubiquitous FS series. As I understand it, both FP and FS used the same internal mechanism, just the cross section profile of the key differs. The door looks have no internal profile, i.e. they are just rectangular in section and will fit either an FP or FS series key.
The ignition switch is dated 1964 and is marked FS 898 which would make sense for that period but clearly isn't original. Did the really early cars use FP series keys?
Tim
