My 50p Find @ Car Boot Sale

[SnowyBoy]

I was scouting about a car boot sale for locks.....and i came across this. I didn't give it a second glance as it wasn't branded.

I put it down & went on my way, only to return a few hours later to see it still there so thought I would ask the price, and he said 50 pence!

Had to have it at that price regardless, and to be honest, I was glad I did! Once dismantled, it looked like a pretty half decent lock. Lots of security pins & anti drill pins, so can't be all that bad!

Just need a key for it now

[parapilot]

Looks like Grunman (gege), the service ones we have are not marked either. Good lock, sell out for about £40 mastered.

Have fun picking it, its tough regards the key it may well be a restricted section so you wont get a blank. I have one that may pass it if you really get stuck

J

[SnowyBoy]

Thanks for the lock info, will make finding a key easier....Its nice & quick to re-pin


I already tried to pick it & you're right, it is a bit of a bugger......the false sets fool me

Thanks for the offer of the key.....I should be ok finding one, i'll just take the lock in to the smithies and see what fits

[lockedin]

For our American readers, the boot=trunk. I kept thinking of the stick's boot until I remembered that.

[Eyes_Only]

So is this kind of a yard sale/tailgate party type of thing?

[SnowyBoy]

Not really a yard sale......well, you sell the sort of things you would in a yard sale but instead of being at home, everyone goes to a massive field or car park, opens the boot (trunk) of their car & unpacks everything onto a flimsy wallpaper pasting table to sell.

We sell at the carboots, but we have a van & our stall is huge

Very popular in the UK, but not really anywhere else in the world for some reason.

They are a lot of fun, & there is always something for some one

[vrocco]

The equivalent of an American flea market or swap meet I'm guessing??

[JackNco]

Looks like Grunman (gege), the service ones we have are not marked either. Good lock, sell out for about £40 mastered.

Have fun picking it, its tough regards the key it may well be a restricted section so you wont get a blank. I have one that may pass it if you really get stuck

J

That was my first thought looking at the evil driver pins but its not the run of the mill GeGe, ive had my hands on 5 or 6 in my own collection and seen a fair few around. I don't think Ive ever seen that keyway.

John

[Cherokee]

That's definately a resticted keyway, very simalar to the locks on my house.
they are supplied by a local Bristol locksmith and is exclusive to him (along with the key balnks).

Kind Regards,
Brian

[parapilot]

You will struggle to get a blank. If you do go to a locky, go to a 'proper' one not a cowboy and ask for an 'FU' blank (f**k you blank as we call it) Try that. Designed to pass some of the restricted gege stop keyways. If he aint know what it is he wont have it. Weather he will let you have it is another matter, i wouldnt just give one out over the counter! J

[JackNco]

well blanks are completely legal. but it depends on the locky.

[SnowyBoy]

So i'm right in guessing this is a pretty good lock?

Well...for 50 p anyway I'm happy

[parapilot]

yup its a good lock, they will pick and bump but picking is tricky. and to bump you need the blanks of course!

[SnowyBoy]

yup its a good lock, they will pick and bump but picking is tricky. and to bump you need the blanks of course!

Yeah, I had a little go at picking it & it was telling me absolutely nothing through the pick or the crank!

I thought I set a few pins, but it turned out to be a false set. I might pop it back together & have another go at it

[JackNco]

as said those driver pins are EVIL. try it with 3 pins at first