[Karl Wescott]

The problem here is that at some point a reproduction vendor #1 decided to make a needed and hard to find part, and #2 at the same time got lazy in not fully describing (or investigating) the interchange. 1941-48 SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1941-48 Coupe/Sedan/Convertible.



C&G (understandably) picked up on the vendors interchange without verifying and editing.



1941 has at least 4 different latches (with 4 different springs) that I can think of.
1. Coupe/Sedan/Convertible... carried through 1948.
2. Pickup... originated in 1938, carried through 1947.
3. Sedan Delivery... originated in 1940.
4. Station Wagon... They are in there own world. Likely a unique spring but one would have to check every latch in every flavor 1928-48 to find if there is a replacement. With the rarity of station wagons that is unlikely to happen.


The next difficulty is the futility in consulting the original Ford parts books. Ford serviced the door latches as a unit, and did not service the internal components such as the springs. Some original aftermarket companies did sell components (AUVECO, etc) but they did not have every spring for every application either.


There are any number of spring manufactures across the country who can custom make springs. The problems are that #1 you have to provide the engineering for the spring (at least wire diameter, number of turns, and end pattern), #2 purchase a minimum of 1000-10000, #3 and then if you want to sell some you have to figure out the interchange (watching out for the occasional part where Ford had multiple suppliers and the internal parts do not interchange). then #4 try to find the 10 people who need the rare part! But if you need 1 to get your car running a 1000.00 spring might be OK (the other 999 are now "free").