Could someone post a photo from the rear/inside to show how these (or the Rover ones) are installed.
How I understand it, the latch pivots downwards and blocks the door striker or am I wrong?
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Could someone post a photo from the rear/inside to show how these (or the Rover ones) are installed.
How I understand it, the latch pivots downwards and blocks the door striker or am I wrong?
As with most GT40 builds, you'll have to make it fit. No off the shelf parts exist for any GT40.
Make it, adapt it.
It all depends on which door lock & striker you'll use and if the lock has a provision for it.
Ill going to adapt it to my SouthernGT locks, Ill have to make a new lever & rod assy to make it work.
Davidmgbv8
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I already purchased the T Bird stuff but I like the securing nut on this one.
Southern gt with original lock and striker can be made to fit and work really nicely,also central locking
Do you have a link to a shop selling them?
EBay and referb I’m afraid for the locks and strikers and home made door handles, but it’s worthwhile
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Looks good Mark !!
Lots of file work to do on the door handle blanks that were water jet cut out of a block ,I wish I could say it was my work ,young sam was the one to put the work in ,the proper use of a file is a skill indeed
Some update about the Weston door locks.. they are flimsy but they work.
It doesn't fit the original location on a GTD door as there's no room above the handle.
But all is doable.
Lock is about 27mm wide.
About 38mm long.
Needs a 19mm hole.
Protrudes about 17mm
My latches & door handles are SouthernGT. And the SGT latches have a provision for lock, but that also means, it locks the inner handle which I didn't like to use if I need an emergency escape from the other door (which I might forgot to unlock from the outside..).
So like OEM situation I locked the handle, but at the latch itself.
Don't worry, I had to file down that corner so it could freely turn inside the door.
Door locked.. but still working on the inside handle.
Door unlocked.
It doesn't fit the original location on a GTD door as there's no room above the handle.
But all is doable.
Lock is about 27mm wide.
About 38mm long.
Needs a 19mm hole.
Protrudes about 17mm
My latches & door handles are SouthernGT. And the SGT latches have a provision for lock, but that also means, it locks the inner handle which I didn't like to use if I need an emergency escape from the other door (which I might forgot to unlock from the outside..).
So like OEM situation I locked the handle, but at the latch itself.
Don't worry, I had to file down that corner so it could freely turn inside the door.
Door locked.. but still working on the inside handle.
Door unlocked.
