A handyman should be able to fabricate brass pins. It might get to be more difficult, but not impossible, to make a headed pin if that was what was used.

Post a picture and maybe a genius on this site can offer better advice.

Finally took pics - the right hand pin was missing, and then the first time I opened it I broke the left hand pin off right in the handle so both ends of it will have to be drilled out. But where to get replacement pins?

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What does the name Gurney mean on the latch? Just curious since it's my last name!!!

I've got no clue! I don't think is is original hardware to this ice box, though it could be old. You can see where the hinges have been replaced with the more ornate ones, and the receiving end of the latch used to have a different screw pattern.

The ice box is my parents', they gave it to me and I broke it, now want to give it back and get their Hoosier since I think it will give me more storage. Right now only have a small air hockey table and a couple of doll houses in the ice box. I'm getting the coat closet cleaned out (hope to have French doors out of the closet and hung on LR soon), I can put toys in there but I need more drawers for puzzles and such.

I'd take it to a small machine shop. If they're not busy, someone might do it for free if you ask nicely.

Here is an ebay item that relates to your ice box....I'm wondering if yours' is from the 1930s era too? This ad is for the blueprints of a 1930s Gurneys Ice Box....just thought you'd be interested. I also found a treasure hunter's website for people that metal detect. If you scroll down the page, you'll find a man that found a Gurneys ice box latch...perhaps you could contact him thru this organization and buy it from him and use the extra parts. Here are the 2 links:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1930s-Gurney-Ice-Box-Blueprints-Diagram-Refrigerator-Ad_W0QQitemZ380146002808QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090805?IMSfp=TL090805156006r6313

http://gsthmn.tripod.com/id3.html

Thanks - I contacted the webmaster of the treasure hunters' organization and asked him to forward my email to the member who found the latch.

I will ask my uncle if he knows of a machine shop around - but I don't know if they normally have these pins around the shop? Can't just weld it, it needs to move so I need 2 pins.

Thanks for the eBay link - I haven't found anything about Gurney. My (parents') ice box doesn't look like any of those in the blueprints, but as I said, I think the HW may not be original to this piece, even though it's old HW.

A machine shop can fabricate the pins.