[Healeys] FW: Door lock 58 100-6

[Patrick & Caroline Quinn]

Hello

 

The fitting of the lockable door handle to the early 100/6s is one of the mysteries of life.

 

While they were on the driver’s door on LHD cars they were also fitted to the RHD cars, but only on the passenger door, meaning that the driver’s side didn’t have one. Why the passenger would want a door lock and not the driver is beyond me.

 

Apart from the idea of why you would fit a door lock to an open car in the 1950s in the first place, we can only assume that when the body/chassis assemblies were made at Jensen Motors there was no thought given whether an individual car would end up in either left or right hand drive. So when the mechanicals were installed at Longbridge the locks were already in place.

 

Incidentally the same door locks were also fitted to the Jowett Javelin, but on the driver’s side on RHD cars. That compounds the mystery. Only the British would do that.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Richard Pratt
Sent: Friday, 11 May 2018 1:09 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] FW: Door lock 58 100-6

 

Healey List,

Has anyone seen this door lock arrangement. Any information would be appreciated.

Richard

 

 

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