Remove the door lock and have a key made from it or is there an easier method ?

1971 model year mope.

The door lock & ignition cylinders have a key code on them, anyone with the proper key cutter & that code can make a new key.

Also, a good locksmith can cut a key without a code. There are only so many "teeth combinations" that are possible & it's not nearly as many as you'd think. I don't fully understand this, but a buddy of mine is a locksmith & only took about 10-15 min. to cut me a new set of keys.

For 1969 up there are 3,360 possible combinations for ignition & trunk keys in my book - if I counted right.

Thanks, didn’t know the locks had codes on them.

I would then assume the trunk lock has a code too.

Here is one example from a '70 ignition cylinder I have here;

true, but the trunk key (ES) is different from the ignition/doors (EP)

Yes, I know the trunk key is different, that’s why I asked if the trunk lock had a code as well.

Now I have to just pull the door panel and get to work. The trunk luckily is open so I don’t have to crawl through the back seat.

Would it be possible to key trunk same as the door?

Partsmix sells complete kits for that so you can drop down to one key per car

www.partsmix.com

Thx, not interested in buying and changing whole set, but this tells me it's possible.

You know, that's what I always thought, but my buddy told me differently. Maybe I didn't understand exactly what he was telling me, but he didn't seem to have too much trouble.

He had a tool that kinda-sorta looked like a pair of sideways hedge shears...kinda-sorta. He put a blank key in it horizontally & squeezed the handle to cut the teeth. He cut, tried key, cut, tried key and threw away the first key after about 3 cuts and repeated with a new key. By the 3rd blank key he had it. I was amazed. This was on a "brand-X" (Oldsmobile...'78 I believe)

Those sheers were a key cutter.

I do not have the Olds book, just the Mopar book.

I have the same cutter and book. I have a pin set as well to change the cly for a new key. There are five possible pin lengths for each of the five positions on the key. I’ve seen good locksmiths have a soft key that marks easy so they know where to cut for a longer pin. I guess it could be done but the number on the cly and the stuff I have, makes it easier.