[Spridgets] Early boot handle - lock barrel replacement

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

Hi list,
 
Remember the boot handle search a while ago?  Having found one I  fitted it 
to the boot lid with the 'mule' spoiler that the body shop used as a  
pattern for the aluminium skin and spoiler on the new heritage boot frame.   Now 
that I have the lid back the plan is to have the boot handle re-chromed and  
since I'm having it re-chromed drill it, not so much for a weight saving, 
or to  match the handbrake lever, but simply because I like nicely drilled 
stuff.   The handle came with a lock and no keys and so I drilled the lock 
body out  (after tapping out 2 roll pin type securing pins).  However, the 
steel  square section remains in the handle and so I have some questions I need  
answering before sending it to the chromers:
 
    Am I right in thinking that I don't need to try and  remove the square 
steel section
    for any reason whatsover?
 
    If I had a spare boot lock barrel (I ought to have  one) it is the way 
the lock barrel 
    works that allows or prevents the handle from  rotating/locking and 
moving the 
    handle?
 
    OR  those two steel bits I see are in fact  seized and should be free 
to move in and
    out of the handle shaft and it's them that provide  the locking action?
 
Thanks
 
 
Daniel
 
 
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