Okay, I'm hoping that some of you are able to help me out with this one..... I am restoring the doors of my Heerey GTM currently and have a question about the door locks and inner handles.

I am looking for the inner door handle that is operating directly to the latch, similar to Dino's Heerey GTM and as far as I can see this was also used on early Coxes as well. Who knows where I can get the inner handle and door locks? One of you might have something laying around or might know a parts supplier that has these things in stock. I have checked at Holden.co.uk and Moss Europe, but the problem is that I cannot find out from which type of car the locks and inner handles are.........

To give you a good impression about the system I would like to have on my car, I have attached a picture of Dino's door.



I hope someone is able to help me.

Thanks in forward guys,

Michiel.

Try Europa spares

https://www.europaspares.com/

and the catalogue

https://www.europaspares.com/CATALOGUE/ ... _1505.html

Is it a MK1 Mini?

Good idea, I will have a look

Hi Michiel, missed the bit about the actual handles in your email.

They're a fairly standard 1960's BL part, I liberated mine from an Austin 1100 many years ago!
Minispares still seem to stock them http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=pb&pid=37059&title=DOOR%20HANDLE%20MONTE%20CAR%20CHR...


I don't know where the latches came from but I would suspect they're also a BL part, there was an enormous amount of standardisation in the '60's/70's most British cars seem to share many components, I'm sure they wouldn't have been specials.

Mine were Austin Alergro latches, hard to come by these days I believe

Thanks for the idea Andy. Indeed, it might be that the locks and latches came from a Allegro, and indeed these are very hard to find, as most of the Allegro's are gone, or enthusiasts keep them in mint condition. I assume that the Allegro didn't use a whole new locking system, so perhaps the locks and latches came from a earlier Morris or Austin model car?

I'll have to find out. Maybe one of you guys has the locking plate and lock, such can be seen on the picture from Dino's car, as I don't have mine. The lock is completely missing, and the locking plate as well. It might be that someone has this laying around

Thanks for thinking with me

have a look at these.....

https://www.europaspares.com/BRIGHTWORK/

That's also a good idea Stuart . But first I would like to see what can be achieved with the original locking system.
Now, I have made some pics from both the lock (that is on the body) and the locking plate (that is on the door).

On the back stands a number 1004 and "BS" which means British Standards I've heard, is this right? I need both for the nearside door, so for in the UK the drivers door. Please take a look at the pics below and I hope someone has these items, or knows from what type of car they come from .

Thanks in forward everyone!

Michiel,

BS1004:1972 Is a standard for zinc alloy die casting

And those locks are not "anti burst" so I would not use them, get something more modern.

In addition to the Allegro, the flap catches were used on Marina, Range Rover and IIRC TR7

Thanks for the info Pantera, I wasn't aware of that. It's indeed a good idea to get more modern locks on the car, although I don't know if and how they would match with the Lotus Elite door handles I want to put on the car. The old locks seem to fit easy, with a minimal change on the system.

Perhaps you have any thoughts? I have attached a pic of the handles

It might be useful to see the operating mechanism on the back of the handle?

I may be dreaming but did'nt some old Commer vans have handles like that

I'm sure that's what was on My Hillman Husky

That was Rootes group like the Commer Are we showing our age now

Age - not me. I'm in touch with my female side, I've started counting downward.