Didn't you lock from the inside by lifting the passenger door handle in the
opposite direction to the opening movement? This locked the door so you
couldn't open it from the outside.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Seigrist"
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Longbridge Parts Needed
> My A90 has a door lock only on the drivers side. Doesn't seem to keep
> criminals out of the car but I suppose in gentler times criminals never
> entered the passenger door....
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '59 Jag Mk IX
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Joe and Lenore Armour
>> Quinn, Patrick wrote:
>>
>> G'day Rich
>>>
>>> The lockable handle was also fitted to driver's side front door of the
>>> Jowett
>>> Javelin. (It's has the lever facing towards the rear.)
>>>
>> I once had the need to replace my lockable BN.4 doorhandle and sourced a
>> Javlin handle on the advice of the wise ones BUT there arte minor
>> differences. The main one being that the rear facing end of the Javelin
>> handle is cut off at a single 45 degree angle, unlike the Healey handles
>> which have an angled end from top & bottom meeting at the long point in
>> the
>> middle of the handle. My solution in 1968 when bright bits were not
>> available in Australia was to hand file one from a solid, square brass
>> bar.
>> NOT BLOODY EASY and not to be recommended, but at the time!!!!
>>
>> It was worth it in the end because when I was trading it in on another
>> car
>> the then Australian Touring Champion ( GTA Mustang) offered me an extra
>> $100
>> bucks because the door locked. He had previously owned a black 100
>>
>> Joe
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