Can you help me identify this steering wheel lock?

[Jonah D'Avella]

Can you help me identify this steering wheel lock? It says F 96640 on it. It also might also say, in faded leters, RELIABLE.

[Jonah D'Avella]

I am also looking for a key blank that would fit it so I might be able to use it.

[GG Gregory]

Looks a lot like a Simplex brand lock.

[ThreePedalTapDancer]

There was many similar makes out at the time, it looks like an early Leland brand maybe. There should be a key number on the key hole, and maybe a lock type stamped into the brass.

[Jonah D'Avella]

F 966482 is the number on the plate, I missed a number three first time.

[Rich Eagle]

This shows some details of the Leland lock.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/261213.html
Perhaps it will help.
Rich
P. S. Some more info.
https://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=60050

[perry kete]

I don't know how you guys find these links on the internet and forum. I can't even find a matching pair of socks in the morning!

[Jonah D'Avella]

Alright, it is definitely not a Leland lock. There are no numbers on the face of the key barrel. Any other suggestions of how to identify it?

[Rich Eagle]

I guess it's like Perry's socks. I don't see a Reliable or any other like that in my searches. I'll bet someone has the answer.
Sorry
Keep looking.
Rich

[Dan Hatch]

Be careful with these wheel “locks”.
Most of them do not “lock” the wheel. They UNLOCK the wheel. That means the wheel is not connected to the steering shaft.
Had a friend have one unlock at 40 MPH. He ended in a ditch. Dan

[Jonah D'Avella]

it ratchets it in one direction and prevents it from spinning in the other.