[Healeys] Longbridge Parts Needed

[Chris Dimmock]

Geez. Try locking a bugeye Sprite.
Never lock my BJ8. Who's going to touch it?? Oh what, steal it?? What  
about the obvious steering wheel lock? And then what if they destroy  
that?
Do if they get to drive it away, they won't get very far  
anyway..........
Our cars aren't joyrider material any more. And BMC locks aren't hard  
to bypass. At the average "All British" display I have enough keys to  
open and start at least 5 other cars. I just give the owner the spare  
key I've collected. One Healey owner at a display day even had my  
glovebox key!!
Chris
www.myaustinhealey.com



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On 05/01/2010, at 11:54 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <
> sebring at illawarra.hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>
>> 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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