Hi all, wanting some advice please.

Hi everyone I'm Andrew from Huddersfield UK, I have had a trophy 160, Wedgwood and a tf135 in the last 8 years. Have liked mg's all my life as when I was young a family friend used to race midgets.
I have got a original mg boot rack for mine but 2 of the supports had broken, have sourced another rack the same but the seller has lost the keys to the lock. I am just wondering if anyone knows of a way to remove the lock without the key and not taking the entire rack to a locksmith. ( the lock itself won't be reused as my other rack has the lock) i don't really need as such to remove it urgently anyway as only got it to take 2 of the mounts off it.
thanks

There are more than one kind of boot rack for these cars one of which is made by Thule (the kind I have) When I got mine the keys were missing, I managed a work around where it didn't matter that I had no keys.......alas this was many years ago and I don't recall how i did it, but it is possible as that rack is still on my car today and I'm able to remove it with  a couple of spanners if I need to.........which makes the stupid locks which are still there superfluous! Though I s'pose, to the casual observer it looks secure.

Hi is there a number on the lock where the key enters? If so you may be able to source a key using that, who's the manufacturer of the rack if you know that life will be so much easier. Good luck.

If you dont intend to use the lock barrel again and its not feasible for a locksmith to open it with picks then the clearest way forward may be to drill it out, starting with a small drill bit of about 2mm and increasing from there.
Interesting to hear of the racing experience. Can you clarify if that involved racing MG Midgets on track days or trying to outrun people of limited height ?

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He raced them in the MG midget championship i know in the mid late 80's , called Peter Hiley

It's the official mg one heard it maybe thule but I don't know. Will be picking it up shortly. Thanks

Yes MG sold more than one over the years.
The one made by Thule wasn't branded as such.

The lock holds the plastic cover over the (in my case) an Allen bolt.
I wouldn’t have thought it would be a “Man from Uncle” job to drill it out or it you have a hole saw of the correct size, you could diligently ziz around the barrel periphery, either sawing or melting it out, depending on how sharp your saw is.
M

I didn't do anything as drastic as drilling, cutting or melting out the lock, I seem to recall undoing threaded pin using vice grips and replacing them with socket headed bolts and nylock nuts now that I think of it.
It's 1: 06 AM here, so I'll not wander out to take pix now I'll do that tomoz!

Fair dos, it was 14-00 & all I had to do was walk upstairs, the rack is on a wardrobe, the rack doubles as a supplementary axe store. (!)
M

Yes now I have had a good look that is the only way I could see it being done without breaking anything then could take the lock to locksmith to have a key made to it ,thanks