Sounds like you need the "female" thing that goes on the door that the
checkstrap (that's the official name) pins to...is that right? Not sure if
I understand your description. TRF and others show a checkstrap assembly in
their catalog...you might try there.
My passenger door had the check strap missing for years. So I drove it
around anyway, being careful not to throw the door open. Then one day I
discover it had been hiding in the A-post. All it needed was to be pinned
to the door.
Hey, fire it up anyhow..who needs doors!
Terry Banbury
> ----------
> From: Ken C[SMTP:kenwc@pacbell.net]
> Reply To: Ken C
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:28 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Running this weekend
>
>
> Spit listers (pilots?),
>
> Just finished the interior, looks pretty good for an amateur, I think. The
> radio goes in Thursday, if I can figure out a way to mount it. And the
> driver door is the last item, but that's the problem. The door straps,
> catches, the thingies that stop the door from opening too wide !! Any
> ingenious way to repair. This one has several problems, the strap itself
> is
> ok, the inside door part is missing. The part that locks the strap in
> place
> inside the door. I was thinking of pinning the strap on both sides of the
> door frame. Also there are supposed to be two guide bars inside the body
> that the strap slides in between, and the springs latch onto when the door
> is fully opened, the lower guide bar is gone. Sure hope this makes some
> sense...
>
> If this problem can be solved, should be able to fire it up this weekend
> !!
>
> TIA...Ken C
>
> '72 Spitfire (almost there)
>
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