The last
thing to do before we take our maiden voyage in Old Biddy is to come up with a
plan to switch out the door latches.
The hole
pattern is for the Austin America door of which the body was originally.
The door
mechanism that is on this door is different from Austin America door. I still have the
original Austin America doors, so why not just put the Austin America
doors back on? Because the car is now an MG 1100 so I have MG 1100 doors.
The hole
pattern matches later style BMC latches but will not accept the MG 1100 door
mechanism.
I have the
original MG 1100 latches but the hole pattern does not match the Austin America
pattern.
I am
waiting for my 4 ¾” x 2 ¾” 16 gauge sheet metal pieces. Once I have those, I
can show the plan to rectify the situation. I apologize for the blurry
pictures. I think my camera needs to be recharged or it is finally wearing out
since it does not hold a charge for very long any more.
Thanks for visiting.
Toddy
