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Title: station wagon door,tailgate locks
Post by: 58villager on 2025-05-11 00:31
hey folks. getting ready to rehab my door ,tailgate and ignition locks on the bermuda. do wagons use 1 key for all,or are there 2 keys.(door&ignition,tailgate&glovebox) have 3 sets of locks,but NO keys!! have uncut edsel key blanks that seem to fit all the cylinders thanks gerald
Title: Re: station wagon door,tailgate locks
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2025-05-11 08:07
Door and ignition, glove box and gate.  Your door cylinder from the passenger side should have a code on it, that's for the key.  Do not remember where the code is for the gate/trunk/glove box.
Title: Re: station wagon door,tailgate locks
Post by: RICH MUISE on 2025-05-11 09:24
Having no keys is not a lost cause. When I was moving out of Colorado to Texas, I apparently packed the keys to my '57 in one of our boxes. I had to call a locksmith so we could drive the car over to a storage facility. He had a new key made (filed by hand) in less than 1/2 hour!
Title: Re: station wagon door,tailgate locks
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2025-05-11 13:15
with all respect, I don't think so !
That's how it'd work on sedans, coupes aso.

wagons are different. ignition only one key ( square head), all others ( including doors, tailgate and glove box) the round head key.

Think of it like that. if you can unlock any door on a wagon, you can also get inside the trunk ( ie cargo area). that is why the same key locks all the stuff except the ign. on a wgn.

Quote from: Ford Blue blood on 2025-05-11 08:07Door and ignition, glove box and gate. 
Title: Re: station wagon door,tailgate locks
Post by: abe_lugo on 2025-05-11 20:56
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2025-05-11 09:24. He had a new key made (filed by hand) in less than 1/2 hour!

Lucky your we able to get done this way recently in the last 4-5 years this is become a lost art.  Now they say get a whole new tumbler lock set.  At least in Los Angles.  Someone that can file a key by hand is few and far between.
Title: Re: station wagon door,tailgate locks
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2025-05-12 06:33
Thanks for the clarification DJ.  I had only one Ranch wagon, not sure if it was originally configured but what you said makes sense.