I know VW can make keys based on the >number, if you have it, but always wondered how you got it. Also, >can the lock be re-keyed to another serial number?
I have taken lock cylinders to the VW dealer many times to have keys made from the key code. (You can just bring in the code from the cylinder, but if you bring the whole thing they can test the key before you leave.) The dealers charged between $3 and $7 for the key. In a couple cases (with a '59 bus and a '63 bus) it was neccessary for me to go to a locksmith and buy a blank for a buck, and then bring it to the local VW dealer because he no longer stocked the blank. Only once did I come across a dealer who no longer had the punches to make a key for a 60's or 70's VW bus. Also, the local independent VW specialist, who also has the key punches, told me that it would be easy and inexpensive to disassemble the cylinders and rekey all the locks to work on the same key. I plan to take him up on it wih my '63, which currently has 3 keys plus the churchkey, and will have 4 once I find the correct drivers door handle! -Ron Salmon
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