Andrew,

My VW factory rubberheaded keys operate all the treasure chest doors in all three of my Doublecabs just as well as my plain head keys.

Steve has cut a number of Vanagon keys and rekeyed a number of locks for me as well.

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Dec 6, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I had Steve rebuild the lock cylinders and make new keys for my Transporter
> single cab.  I received at least one each of the style options mentioned
> below and all of them are very high quality and work perfectly.
> 
> Doka and Sinka folks please note:  The plastic headed keys (VW logo or
> Italian made) cannot be inserted far enough into the treasure chest door
> locks to operate the locks.  Be sure to retain a good all metal "hardware
> store generic" key for your treasure chest!
> 
> Steve's work is excellent and my door locks operate as new.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve Sandlin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon key blanks
> 
> 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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