The Ford Barn

fiftyv8 · 03-01-2016, 02:29 PM

Talk to Steve at Bert's Model A Center.
I had reason to advise Steve about 6 months ago of a small issue with some Repro latches.
I forget the exact issue but I am sure Steve will recall as he was going to contact the Maker to have it corrected.
What I do recall is that Steve said there are two Makers of latches.
So best talk to him first and he also sells them.
Restoring old latches is slow if you need parts and buying restored latches from say ebay does not guarantee that they are done well.
One restored latch I purchased from ebay a good number of years ago turned out to be missing the internal lock mechanism gismo, try and find one of those suckers.
I borrowed one and hand copied it - what a job.....
Also when opening the old latches up, you must be careful not to break the tags off.

03-01-2016, 02:29 PM	#7
fiftyv8 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 141	Re: Door Latches for 1929 Closed Cab PU Talk to Steve at Bert's Model A Center. I had reason to advise Steve about 6 months ago of a small issue with some Repro latches. I forget the exact issue but I am sure Steve will recall as he was going to contact the Maker to have it corrected. What I do recall is that Steve said there are two Makers of latches. So best talk to him first and he also sells them. Restoring old latches is slow if you need parts and buying restored latches from say ebay does not guarantee that they are done well. One restored latch I purchased from ebay a good number of years ago turned out to be missing the internal lock mechanism gismo, try and find one of those suckers. I borrowed one and hand copied it - what a job..... Also when opening the old latches up, you must be careful not to break the tags off.