Yes. If you remove the driver's door handle there is a code number
stamped on the lock.

Interesting story: I went to my local dealer, with this number in hand
and asked for a key cut from the code. The dealer said that he would
rather just make a duplicate of my duplicate - and that it would be
cheaper. Well, the duplicate was so worn that he ruined 3 key blanks
trying to make a new key. In frustration, he finally cut a new key from
the code. Which I guess is more of a hassle to do. However, you get a
'new' key - not one that has all the notched worn down.

In the Bently manual, they show where the code is on the locks.

Todd Last
'88 Westy

Todd Francis wrote:

> Hi all, Is there some sort of key code somewhere on a 87 vanagon that
> you can take to a keysmith to have a key made? I just purchased a 87
> Syncro but it has no key.
>
> --
> Todd Francis           Ridgefield, Washington USA
> '86 Westy Syncro
> '91 Tristar