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I'm not sure that "using up left over" is actually realistic. The handles and many of the "fixtures" were manufactured by Wilmot Breeden a huge company who made such parts for many manufacturers. </div>
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The British car industry of the day was actually massive, much bigger than your average American's concept of it being something akin to a cottage industry.</div>
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I would think that it's much more likely that WB had a catalogue if such parts and that designers worked with them to use "standard" parts rather than requiring a new development. </div>
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BTW those handles were also used on the Aston Martin DB 2/4.</div>
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<div>Yes, and BJ8s could be locked/released the same way. If passenger side was key locked, it can be "unlocked" from inside the car. Bob's most interesting comment that the handles came from a Jowett goes directly to the British auto industry's frugality in
using left over components on other models. (i.e.: Morris,TR3 and Sprite taillights are identical. Hank<br>
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As I recall the 100/6s with the locking door handle on one side had a small lever on the inside door handle of the other side which permitted locking that side </div>
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I seem to remember the early sixes having a lock on the drivers side door. This seems to be a waste except for the people to stupit to go the other side of the car.</div>
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My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984, had lockable door handles with push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990?s I had the original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were wrong and I wanted my car to be more original.
If I remember correctly the conversion was not a major big deal.<br>
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Lockable doors don't seem to be much of a theft deterrent. Having lived in<br>
Boston for many years in the age of British sports cars, I saw plenty with<br>
broken vent windows or slashed convertible tops that defeated locked doors.<br>
Maybe putting a tracker in the car and an ignition cutoff might be more<br>
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> My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984, had lockable door handles with<br>
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