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 benjicon
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 11:35 AM |
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Lockable Door Handles.
Hey guys,
Noob question, My 57 cant be locked, the drivers side handle has a key hole, but doesn't work, and the passenger side has no locks at all.
Did they all come with no locks? Are lockable door handles available somewhere ? Any suggestions ? Living in Sydney, I am asking for it to get pinched
if the doors aren't locked.
Cheers.. Ben.
No i'm not repainting it.
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 12:07 PM |
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I'm not too familiar with locks and door handles for a '57, but I'd say you can change the barrel for the lock yourself. If you go to Classic Vee
Dub they have handles with the lock barrel included and a set of keys. I recently took my door handle apart (it wasn't working) and the barrel simply
slides out.
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benjicon
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 12:09 PM |
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Cheers man, you beat me to it, I just saw the Classic VW web site, they have a lot of different handles, I'll shoot up there later on and have a
look-see.
Gonna be hard to not spend money in that place... SHEEEESH!! 
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Pollywaffle
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 12:12 PM |
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Haha. There's a few other VW places but that's probably the closest one to you. If you're like me, you'll just wander around for about 15 mins
looking at little bits here and there and getting ideas :P Maybe call before going just to make sure they have it in stock. Then again, even if I
don't need anything, I'll go there to wander around. Haha. But I'm lucky it's only 15 mins from my place.
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 01:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by benjicon
Hey guys,
Noob question, My 57 cant be locked, the drivers side handle has a key hole, but doesn't work, and the passenger side has no locks at all.
Did they all come with no locks? Are lockable door handles available somewhere ? Any suggestions ? Living in Sydney, I am asking for it to get pinched
if the doors aren't locked.
Cheers.. Ben.
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Your passenger side door handle doesn't open with a key but can be locked by pushing the inside handle forwards..
it can then only be opened from the inside...
LEE
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 03:33 PM |
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new door handles available from Vintage at Campsie 9789-1777
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