<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>-------------------- <br><br>From: "Michael Salter" <michael.salter@gmail.com> <br>To: "Stanley Lowery" <eandrlowery@att.net>, <healeys@autox.team.net> <br>Sent: February 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM PST <br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11 </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg"><strong>From:</strong> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Stanley Lowery via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Sunday, February 1, 2026 1:46:56 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net><br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg"><strong>From:</strong> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of healeys-request@autox.team.net <healeys-request@autox.team.net><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Saturday, January 31, 2026 2:00 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net><br><strong>Subject:</strong> Healeys Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11
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<div class="x_PlainText">Send Healeys mailing list submissions to<br> healeys@autox.team.net<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> healeys-request@autox.team.net<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> healeys-owner@autox.team.net<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Healeys digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Lockable door on BJ7 (Leonard Berkowitz)<br> 2. Re: Lockable door on BJ7 (HealeyRick)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:07:57 +0000<br>From: Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotmail.com><br>To: "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net><br>Subject: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7<br>Message-ID:<br> <DM3PR08MB91918732066ACDD7030825F3B89FA@DM3PR08MB9191.namprd08.prod.outlook.com><br> <br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br><br>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><br>Len Berkowitz<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20260130/564ad57e/attachment-0001.htm">http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20260130/564ad57e/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:49:50 -0500<br>From: HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com><br>To: Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotmail.com><br>Cc: "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net><br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7<br>Message-ID:<br> <CAGfzsZdBp+4UOOijjoabGx1bCJkLzCu-B-RKb9PdO3wByiX1LA@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>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>effective<br><br>On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 7:38?PM Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotmail.com><br>wrote:<br><br>> My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984, had lockable door handles with<br>> push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990?s I had the<br>> original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were<br>> wrong and I wanted my car to be more original. If I remember correctly the<br>> conversion was not a major big deal.<br>><br>> Len Berkowitz<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>><br>> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><br>> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br>><br>> Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br>><br>> Unsubscribe/Manage:<br>> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com</a><br>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20260131/f27b9751/attachment-0001.htm">http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20260131/f27b9751/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Healeys mailing list<br>Healeys@autox.team.net<br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>archives: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of Healeys Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11<br>***************************************</div>
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