Central locking, anyone done it?

[TonyM]

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

It is a pain in the arse to lock and unlock these vehicles at times and if you happen to have a fordor it's even more of a pain. I once thought I could outsmart old Henry Ford and lock my car w/o using a key from one of the back doors by flipping all the door handles up, then closing that back door. WRONG, .... never do this on a '35 Ford Fordor Sedan (not sure of other year fordors) because it will disable the ability to open the car by unlocking with a key. Don't ask me how I know this.

John, How did you solve this? There is a guy on the EFV-8 Forum with this problem. He can't unlock the door with the key. Sounds like his handles are up.


On my 1937 Fordor, I don't use the door key lock. I put all four handles in the up (locked) position while leaving the quarter window unlatched. I am able to unlock the car by sticking my arm through the unlatched quarter window. The one and only time I locked the car with the right hand door key lock, I spent an hour trying to unlock the door. Won't use it again. The unlatched quarter window works for me.

[TonyM]

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

It is a pain in the arse to lock and unlock these vehicles at times and if you happen to have a fordor it's even more of a pain. I once thought I could outsmart old Henry Ford and lock my car w/o using a key from one of the back doors by flipping all the door handles up, then closing that back door. WRONG, .... never do this on a '35 Ford Fordor Sedan (not sure of other year fordors) because it will disable the ability to open the car by unlocking with a key. Don't ask me how I know this.

John, How did you solve this? There is a guy on the EFV-8 Forum with this problem. He can't unlock the door with the key. Sounds like his handles are up.


On my 1937 Fordor, I don't use the door key lock. I put all four handles in the up (locked) position while leaving the quarter window unlatched. I am able to unlock the car by sticking my arm through the unlatched quarter window. The one and only time I locked the car with the right hand door key lock, I spent an hour trying to unlock the door. Won't use it again. The unlatched quarter window works for me.

[2935ford]

So, how do the insurance companies deal with roadsters there?

[Talkwrench]

No roof different rules..? Limited companies would insure I would imagine.