Briggs and Stratton Key?

[BIGBLU 72]

The key to my 68 chevy has a Briggs and Stratton key? Anyone know why?

[Shyguy]

The previous owner may have put a Briggs and Stratton ignition switch in or maybe your ignition switch is worn enough that any key that goes in it will turn it.

Just a few thoughts.

Dany

[mbgmike]

They made keys and locks. Remember the Auto makers assembled cars made with parts from many suppliers. GM did not make everything they used.

[cdowns]

have you looked under the truck to see if theres and mower blades tucked up in there maybe it was a jesse james project vehicle

[67vetteal]

That is a Repro or maybe an original key. My 67 Vette has Briggs keys. Al W.

[Tom Vogel]

You have the bottom line entry level motor.

[ETsC10]

He-he. Funny about keys...the key for my '78 olds starts my '68 Chev parts truck and, why back when, I could
start my '52 Willy's P/U with my Kennedy tool box key. Go figure...had more into my tool box than I did into the truck.

Sorry, guess that wasn't too helpful an answer...

[LUCKTRUCK]

my 68 has a briggs key also

[Stocker]

Is your front pulley notched for a starter rope?



j/k ... I never new some of these had B&S keys. Ya learn something every day!

[project 67 sub]

my buddy bought a new ignition for his truck from autozone and it has a freightliner key

[GCncsuHD]

Yep, my 67 has a Briggs and Stratton ignition cylinder/key.

[72swb_327stroker_?]

Originally Posted by cdowns

have you looked under the truck to see if theres and mower blades tucked up in there maybe it was a jesse james project vehicle

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[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by ETsC10

He-he. Funny about keys...the key for my '78 olds starts my '68 Chev parts truck and, why back when, I could
start my '52 Willy's P/U with my Kennedy tool box key. Go figure...had more into my tool box than I did into the truck.

Sorry, guess that wasn't too helpful an answer...

Yep - back then there weren't as many key blanks used, so the odds were higher of getting a key that would work across product lines.

Our '60 Corvair and our '64 GTO used the same ignition key (different door keys).

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by mbgmike

They made keys and locks. Remember the Auto makers assembled cars made with parts from many suppliers. GM did not make everything they used.

Agreed. B&S were the supplier for keys and locks, and still supply those (and other) components to the OEs today.

K

[pritch]

The company I work for has a bunch of Case brand skid steers, and of course when they are new they come with Case keys, but twice I've gone to get a copy made and one time the guy used a B&S blank and the other time an AMC blank. And they all look pretty much identical to the GM key for my Panel.

[stovboltguy]

my 64 malibu ss,65 malibu wagon and 67 gmc dually all use briggs keys and the 64 and the 67 are origanal key codes.

[LockDoc]

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Keith is right. Briggs & Stratton has been supplying GM's locks and keys since 1926. When you order as many keys as GM does they will imprint anything you want on them...

LockDoc

[mrein3]

On one of my sets of keys for the truck the ignition key has a Cadillac symbol.

The other says "True Value" as in the hardware store where I had the key duplicated from the Caddie key.

When I worked at the shop it was quite common for a customer to lock their keys in the car. We had a jar of keys people left over the many years. Before you tried the slim jim you tried all the keys in the jar. I rarely had to use the slim jim to get in.

There are only so many patterns that they cut. It is on the order of 20 or so. So in other words if you go to a shopping mall and there are 20 cars from the same manufacturer in the lot manufactured in the same time frame as yours, you probably have a key that works. Of course modern keys with the computer chip in them don't fall in this category. You'll be able to get in the door but you won't be able to start it.