Re: '56 Trunk Lock

Posted by John Payne On 2010/12/6 22:39:35

Thanks for the advice fellas, especially the part's name. Fortunately, if I can put it that way, my lock adapter broke while I was trying to shut the trunk and I only found out it was broken when the latch wouldn't snib. I doubt I would have thought of the through back seat method of raising the lid, and hopefully will never have to try it. I must say, the cord I now have attached to the latch and dangling out the lid lock hole works very effectively - won't keep thieves out though! I looked at the other thread and now see how a fix could be made and will have a go at something like that as '56's are very thin on the ground in Australia and it will be almost impossible to find a spare adapter. By the way, the rod uses the c-clip system and doesn't have the drilled hole. The one I will try to make up will use a split pin. It's about 4 1/8" long, centre to centre of the hole and pin. Cheers, John