The panels come off the front doors easily.
the rear hatch panel is very hard to get off without breaking things a
little.
if you have the early style sliding door panel that's thin hard 'pressboard'
....
those are a bit hard to get off easily too.
  in 85 vans and later, the sliding door panel comes off very easily just
like the front door panels.

you just undo the various handles with a phillips screwdriver and unclip the
panel carefully, like with a wide blade screwdriver sort of.

Just for fun, try JC Whitney.
they are bound to have generic central locking kits.
and many other vendors easily found online.
Wouldn't be surprised if gowesty had something.

I would expect them to be a lot of work to install, work nicely for a
while...
and ultimately be a bother when they fail to work as they did when new,
eventually.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 7:09 AM
Subject: Central Locking -- questions

> Is there a central locking kit for the '84 Vanagon? Is it a big deal to
> install (I know how to get the panels off the doors)? Who sells 'em?
>
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR