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I suspect there will be adopters of both solutions. Depends on what your skills and acess to tools and lock cylinders. Besides now i have to make and sell the little lock bracket plates Prize? I believe mentioned "points".. . Here ya go.

Velly Intellesting... (tell me where that came from and how said that way for extra bonus points...) The "stash" reveals not one but two different gas door with latch hole configurations. The three slot and the four slot. The good news here is that standard door cylinders slip right in there like they belong. Either three or four tab styles. Either can be positioned in any orientation. Standard lock cylinder retaining clips work just fine too. Now the only remaining issue, other than creating some rear brackets to fit on the end of the cylinders that will engage the body mounted loop, is that door cylinders may not have the correct "action". The key when inserted, can be turned left or right about 60-70 degrees, where the key cannot be removed of course. Is this enough to swing the rear mounted bracket up or down enough to clear the loop to allow the door to open? I envisioned that a gas cap lock cylinder would be rotate 90 and stay in either position, rather than the spring loaded auto-return action that a door cylinder provides. Anyway, I think this still would be a workable solution. All you need to do if you don't have a door with a hole is drill one in the right spot and file/dremel in some clearance slots.

and here it is on my 12/70, VIN 17813

Me thinks this is a speaker guard. Why a speaker may need a guard is another question...

someone forgot to pay da ISP I think.. That site is club owned.

Soon as I get home I'll let you know. Two days and counting. I have lots of cylinders and gas doors with latch holes to test out. There are cylinders with three or fours tabs that align the thing in the holes in the doors (or gas covers!) , early had 3, later 4, but a slot can be added to a hole or a tab ground off a cylinder. No biggy.

That gas hatch door look looks exactly like a door lock cylinder. Only thing unique is the bracket on the end that engages the bracket on the body. Should be dead easy to duplicate that.

I think I still have it. Will look when I get back.

Great idea! I had previously gone part way down this path, but got stuck when the only 1157 bulbs I found were too tall to fit in the socket with the lens on, especially LED bulbs. Would love to get a part number and source for the short 1157 bulbs you used. thanks.

Gav, I believe a door lock is a more complex solution as you would need to drill a hole (71 and later here) in the door and add (weld, drill, fab etc) a loop to the body side where the latch would engage. Also sourcing the keyed latch is a issue here.

Three guesses who has some old stock couplers. Hockey pucks are also the exact correct width and diameter. Just need holes the right size to seat the metal tubes. I'll work on this when I get home. Dang this is a wide country....

The links went broken during site upgrades quite a while ago. Dave Irwin recently requested they stay broken as he now wishes to protect that "intellectual property" after several of us requested the links be re established. You could contact him directly and see what he says. He has a private website where he sells his items.

Finally! Will send you a PM with contact details.

Zup sorry to hear about your son. Thinking about you and praying for a good outcome. Sounds like he's in the best hands possible.

Some "facts" well maybe opinions from my recent view of the market. The restoration costs of that car, if you have it done by a professional, to concourse level, will leave you with a beautiful car but will be worth much less at resale than it cost you to restore. It's VIN in is not low enough. If you do ALL the labor yourself, ie that portion is "free" then you may come out even in the end after retail sale, IF it's done very very well. Any cost cutting or poor quality will DEFINITELY leave you upside down. My two cents. Things are definitely improving market-wise, but we ain't "there" yet.

2800 km behind us, 700 more to go. In Sault Ste. Marie tonight, On track to get there tomorrow afternoon. How many cottage owners can there be on their way back from northern Ontario tomorrow with us on the only road out of there? Couple hundred tops, right? At least my wheel bearings are ok..... A2 and A6, real common ones. Fronts right? Just clean and re-pack the old ones. Keep going... and going, and going..

Won't be the only name we call you, but ok. Winnipeg is actually worse then Regina. I'd heard the rumors but, geez, looks like it all needs a good power wash. My apologies to all the "fiendly Manitoban's" ... . (You have to see their license plates to get that one...)

We will be pulling into the hotel mid day Monday, staying in Sault Ste Marie the night before. You know, in all the long weekend returning traffic... yuck.... Have another Jim with me for good measure.. In Regina tonight. I'm from here, and I still don't like it everytime I come back.

Fewer Jims. Hmmm. Likely a good thing. I confuse easily. Mind you if I just say "Jim" the chances of someone answering is as good as it was before. Oh well.... For example, I'm bringing a white Nissan, but I can't remember which one I decided on...

Thank goodness Zup is coming. We need all the Jim's we can get after the unfortunate bow-out of the esteemed jfa above. I'm counting five so far.

Sent you a PM Matthew.. $350 seems pretty darn high.

I'm not exactly close, but I think I have a set if that works for you. Definitely have another set, but they are still in a 73 engine. Will check the first and PM you.

I'm just waiting for the first report of premature rubber mount failures... Says the eternal parts pessimist. If the 5/16 nuts drive you nuts and bad line up issue has you twisted, then grind the nuts off or drill them out, and go with M8 bolts and nuts like the early mounts. Something about SAE hardware on a Datsun that drives me spinny...

It will be great to catch up with any of you characters. Hardly wait to get there. Just have to survive Winnipeg to Sault St. Marie......

That seat is staying right where it is. Yes it is the seat from this car, but it's totally shot internally. Instead of getting new foam, straps and skins, I "obtained" a near new pair of seats that are just getting new blue skins. I just wish the blue color would grow on me. It's interesting, but not my fav. I'm keeping it original though.