[Mgs] British car keys, letters ​? FNR Possibly Ford/N?/Rootes? MRN.. Morris/Rootes/Numbered?

[Pete Groh]

I received a inquiry from Nick in
the UK and also exchanged
e-mail with Peter Weston.
Can anyone
provide information on the different key codes. The 1st car key
blank
that I know of was a Bilfix key, that was cut along the side of the
key
blank.

I will also post the question to the TR and Jaguar
list

Pete GrohB  (KeyGuy)

Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 2:36
PM, Nick Walton 

Hi Pete thanks thats really good
info... however, I
get the impression they want to know exactly what eg FNR
stood for.
Possibly Ford/N?/Rootes? MRN... Morris/Rootes/Numbered?
Do you see
where I am coming from?

Many thanks for what you have, if I
can find out more I will put it into a
document and froward it to the
paper if thats ok with you?

Nick
Pete, Nick,

Funny old world, isn't it! B The
person who wrote to the local paper - Express
& Star - was, wait
for it, me!
I write a monthly column about locks for the magazine
Classic Car Monthly, and
in the last issue I speculated about the
possible derivation of the various
alphabetical-series of old WB
keys. B For instance, I joked that maybe 'FNR'
stood for Fred,
Norman and Ron, forgotten chaps in the drawing office.

I wrote
to the local paper hoping someone from the old Josiah Parkes company
might see it, but so far no answers have been forthcoming.

Thanks
for trying to help, however,

regards,
Peter W