oldlock wroteYale took over HTV and as such may have used the same code series.
Who said itās a wafer ? Yale had many small pin tumbler locks.
You implied it was a wafer lock by attaching the InstaCode thumbnail of Yale LL084. This code was used on office furniture etc. on this side of the pond using the Y-12 blank. My point was that wafer tumbler locks werenāt in use as early as 1929. Yale did indeed make many small pin tumbler locks but it is most unlikely they would have used the same code series. Yale was an OEM supplier to Chrysler in later years and did furnish many pin and wafer tumbler locks for automotive applications. Yale also provided pin tumbler locks for vintage autos including Chrysler, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Rolls-Royce and Bentley. I know nothing of H & T Vaughan, but Yale acquired numerous other lock manufacturers back in the day.
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