Well Bob, they all work on a single key. At the same time they will also all work with copies of that single key.

The main reason I rekeyed them alike is because I am very bad with remembering which key works with what. Having 27 vehicles at the time became a real nightmare. Even worse than that, I misplace keys all the time. Even my house has a keysafe in case I lock myself out. 

I know nobody asked but allow me to answer a possible question. I change out all the locks when I sold most of my Vanagon collection. Only the few remaining in my possession still works on that special key. I kept all the rekeyed handles and locks in case I acquire more Vanagons in the future. In fact, I had Steve rekey some spare lock cylinders for back-ups. The downside of keying that many locks is you eventually run out of the same wafers. Steve has plenty of spares.

BenT

sent from my wafers and creme

On Dec 7, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On Dec 7, 2011, at 7:59 PM, turbowesty wrote:
> 
>> And what did you do when the inevitable happened and you lost that one key?
>> 
>> Regards, Peter (one key to rule them all) Kraiker
>> 
>> On 2011-12-06, at 7:08 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>>> I rekeyed all of their locks to work on a single key
> 
> Having the van single-keyed is not the same as only having one key.
> I've been using the magnetic hide-a-key boxes on my vans (and other
> vehicles) since my first van in '88, and on cars since the 60's.
> 
> bob