Project "Chihuahua" '65 Formula S Restoration "Estilo Mexicano"
The trunk lock was all mangled up and not serviceable (center in photo-spring removed). It has the long actuating lever hinged on a pin/rivet. Not the easiest thing to remove or reuse. The replacement/reproduction lock did not have the holes drilled for the rivet anyway. Comparing the old/new lock to one I pulled from my '65 Signet convertible (bottom in photo), I noticed that on the ragtop the lever is not held in by a pin but the spring actually holds it in place. That gave me the idea to fabricate another lever patterned after the convertible lock, just make it longer to fit the Barracuda (top in photo). We made it too long (on purpose), now it just needs trimming and we will be good to go (second photo).
The trunk lock was all mangled up and not serviceable (center in photo-spring removed). It has the long actuating lever hinged on a pin/rivet. Not the easiest thing to remove or reuse. The replacement/reproduction lock did not have the holes drilled for the rivet anyway. Comparing the old/new lock to one I pulled from my '65 Signet convertible (bottom in photo), I noticed that on the ragtop the lever is not held in by a pin but the spring actually holds it in place. That gave me the idea to fabricate another lever patterned after the convertible lock, just make it longer to fit the Barracuda (top in photo). We made it too long (on purpose), now it just needs trimming and we will be good to go (second photo).