Burt, If you have both the broken lock and the new lock, and they are identical, and you haven't lost any pins from the broken lock, a competent locksmith ought to be able to move the old pins over into the new lock. Hosse & Hosse should be able to do it if you brought them the locks.
On Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:32:38 PM UTC-5, Bert Knupp wrote: > > Volks, > > A tumbler broke inside the ignition lock cylinder on my ’70 Type 1. I > found a good used cylinder-and-key from a California vendor and got it. > Now I’d really like to get the lock rebuilt so it will accept my old door > key, giving me a one-key system -- like new. > > At some shows in the past I’ve seen a vendor who specialized in re-keying > VW locks, and in the past I’ve seen an ad, previously in _*VW Trends*_ and > recently in _*Hot VWs*_ . But looking through my stash of back issues, I > can’t find the ad or the vendor. > > Does anybody know a locksmith who might specialize in classic Volkswagen > tumblers and leaves? Specifically 1969-1972 (the ’68 was a bit > different, I’m told). I can send them the desired key and the > newly-acquired lock cylinder. I’ve checked with a couple of highly > respectable lock shops locally and neither still has any sets of VW tumblers > or plates. > > Bert Knupp > > __*n|*_ > > °(_____)º > > (ô\_*|*_/ô) > > U° °U > > Polizeikäfer 70 > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
