Something actually went right today!

[kevken1959]

So I've been fixing up a 72 Vert, factory Bright Red/White/White car I bought a few years ago. Unfortunately, the trunk key was missing when I bought it. I have a big bag of ignition and trunk keys from cars I parted out, and I've tried using them many times in similar situations with no luck. So I tried it this time, and I s@#t you not, the last key I tried opened the deck lid!

 

[Sheriff41]

Congrats! It's always the last one you try.

 

[detritusmaximus]

So I've been fixing up a 72 Vert, factory Bright Red/White/White car I bought a few years ago. Unfortunately, the trunk key was missing when I bought it. I have a big bag of ignition and trunk keys from cars I parted out, and I've tried using them many times in similar situations with no luck. So I tried it this time, and I s@#t you not, the last key I tried opened the deck lid!

For some people that is also known as a screwdriver.

 

[Mister 4x4]

SWEET! 'Grats!

 

[giantpune]

Good deal. I've had to play the "remove the back seat and crawl through the tiny opening, then unscrew the truck latch from inside" game on a couple mustangs.

 

[kevken1959]

Good deal. I've had to play the "remove the back seat and crawl through the tiny opening, then unscrew the truck latch from inside" game on a couple mustangs.

That's how I got in the last time I didn't have the key! But there's a twist. My fat *** couldn't fit through the hole, so I had to attached ten extensions together to my ratchet and reinforced them with duct tape to keep the assembly fairly straight. Then I unscrewed the two bolts holding the catch and got the deck lid open. This time it was much easier, lol!

 

[72MustangSprint]

That's how I got in the last time I didn't have the key! But there's a twist. My fat *** couldn't fit through the hole, so I had to attached ten extensions together to my ratchet and reinforced them with duct tape to keep the assembly fairly straight. Then I unscrewed the two bolts holding the catch and got the deck lid open. This time it was much easier, lol!

Can I borrow the bag of keys for my coupe parts

 

[TheRktmn]

When I was in HS a buddy had a 68 coupe. Another friend had just bought a a '78 Mustang II. The ignition keys were the same - they used to steal each other's cars.

 

[tpj71mach]

When I was in HS a buddy had a 68 coupe. Another friend had just bought a a '78 Mustang II. The ignition keys were the same - they used to steal each other's cars.

My dad had a brand new 1979 T-Bird and my brother's 1970 F100 had the same keys. At first my brother thought the T-bird key fit his truck because his cylinders were worn out, but his keys fit my dad's car too. I guess Ford didn't use that many different combinations.

 

[Fabrice]

True that! Found by mistaking my 93 t-bird trunk key that it could open my 73 trunk too!

 

[ib4stangs]

When junkyard roaming, I've used a dipstick to open the latch from the inside back seat...

BTW, a old-timer showed me that hack 50 years ago and now I'm the old-timer passing it on again!

 

[lectricegg]

True that! Found by mistaking my 93 t-bird trunk key that it could open my 73 trunk too!

I would try to open the 73 with a small screwdriver. A previous owner could have removed the tumblers. I had a buddy who did that to his ignition.

 

[73GrandStang]

When I was in HS a buddy had a 68 coupe. Another friend had just bought a a '78 Mustang II. The ignition keys were the same - they used to steal each other's cars.

Back when I was in HS, my brother had his '72 and we went to look at a '69 for me. Just for giggles, we tried his key to see if it would open the door, and it did. Always stuck with me...