Thanks, Ed. I'm in Cincinnati, but I know of a pretty good locksmith. I'll take them down to him and see what he can do.
The '59 Bonnie is still on my workstand. It's now complete, just needs paint. I bought it about 10 years ago as a total basket. No front fender, no nacelle, cut rear fender, TR6 single carb head. But the numbers match and it had a good title. Better yet, the price was $100! I spent about 5 years finding correct uncut fenders, nacelle, chopped monobloc carbs and the remote float and mount, not to mention the correct 1959-only cylinder head. I even have the paint. A friend with an original '59 let me borrow his tank and we matched the red/orange and the gray from a section under the badge that hadn't faded. Other projects seem to take precedent and I can't decide on a painter I trust enough to do the job.
I have to say when it comes to Brit Bikes I'm a Norton man. I have three Commandos licensed and two more in varying stages of restoration along with a '67 P11 and '69 Ranger 750 waiting time and space. I stumbled on the '59 when I went to look at what I was told was a '69 Bonnie basket case that I had intended to use to build a Triton!
