New ones seem to be pretty difficult to find and as far as I know there are no
repro ones available. I don't know if it's true but I've heard that these
turn-type handles were banned in UK and even all spares were destroyed! For
crash repairs the "official" dealers changed the complete doors to update the
handles. Can anyone confirm this?
Anyway, after my Triumph rollover
(http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/bo00race.htm) last July, I needed a such
handle too. They _were_ available at Bastuck (http://www.bastuck.de/) in
Germany. Actually I suspect that they were originally for some other car as I
had to weld about 1" extension to the inner "shaft" of it, but the outside
design is identical with Spitfire's. Try Bastuck if you don't find them in US.
Regards
Jari Tabell
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/
http://www.historicrace.fi/
Rich and Liz Stadther wrote:
> I'm looking for early Spitfire outside door handles, the type you turn, not
> the type you pull. I am restoring a Ford powered Elva Courier. Victoria
> British doesn't seem to have them. Does anyone know where I can get
> reproduction or good original handles?
>
> Rich Stadther
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