Hi! I have a '68 Camaro that's been sitting in my garage for quite a while. Yesterday was our recycle trash pickup day & I lost my keys. I'm assuming the worst that while I was holding them they slipped out of my hand & into the blue barrel unnoticed & are gone forever.

Fortunately the trunk lid wasn't completely closed & the doors weren't locked.

Questions: Can a regular locksmith make another set of keys? Or is this a Classic Industries shopping trip for different lock cylinders? I've never locked the glove box before & I've owned the car since 1981, but is that one the same as doors, ignition, or trunk?

Thanks in advance for any help! :-)

 

Just a Newbie giving advise, so others please jump in to make any corrections....

Not sure about the lock smith, but worth a phone call. Would be best to buy a complete lock and key set for everything. The only issues is that you may have to cut out the old ignition cylinder. To my knowledge, you can only remove the cylinder from the dash with the key. If locksmith can rekey or just remove the ignition cylinder from the dash, your golden. The other door and trunk cylinders are easy to replace if already open. The glove box lock key is different than ignition and doors. If that is locked, you can reach up behind the glove box and unlatch the lock by hand. You have to remove the heat/air assembly on the dash. Push it back and to reach inside over the the top of the glove box. Feel around and will find the latch between the two screws sticking up that hold part of the lock assembly. That's what I did when I lost my glove box key.

 

Thanks! The trunk cylinder looks easy enough to pop off to take to a locksmith, but I was hoping the ignition switch wouldn't be too great of a hassle to remove. Next key fob I get will be enormous, day-glo orange & impossible to lose. :-)

 

Do you have any of the keys ? Other wise you can change out the sets from places like Classic Industries And even a locksmith can help you .to match up what you have.

 

I just went through this on my 67. The locksmith came to my garage and was able to make both keys, and i had nothing. It took him about 90 minutes, cost me $115.00 and that included two sets of both keys.