good point, Steve - tks. the thought was to alter a non rubberhead blank to blade dimensions and swap it into the spring loaded shell ...

--- On Tue, 12/6/11, Steve Sandlin <vwcarlocks@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Steve Sandlin <vwcarlocks@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Vanagon key blanks
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 9:07 AM
> There has been a bit of discussion on
> the availability of key blanks, and several people asking me
> what I have available, so here goes.� I keep in stock
> plain metal hardware-store generic blanks, an Italian-made
> black plastic headed key blank, and the VW original with the
> plastic head and inset chrome logo.� There has never
> been a replacement blade made for the flip keys in the
> Vanagon keyway.� With worn locks, yo can force the key
> for the other water-cooled cars into the Vanagon locks, but
> it is not correct.� We see lots of Vanagon keys sent to
> us that are incorrectly cut on that keyblank.
> 
> Thanks for the continuing support.
> 
> Steve Sandlin, Registered Locksmith
> 
> Steve's Lock Shoppe
> 
> www.steveslockshop.com
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