now i have a project for the summer. in the meantime i have (check that... will soon have) a car with three keys! (only the trunk lock is original now) hardly record time but it was straightforward enough for me to finish without pissing anyone off. the hardest part was sliding the lock activator out and then squeezing the lock part past the window glide. nice of them to let me do it there, i must say.
thanks again, rob... and shogun for the original post.