Problems Locking the Doors
4th Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,090
From: Az
I don't think he meant to hold the lock button down. You have to push in on the button on the handle as you close the door. Same button you push when you want to open the door.
4th Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,188
From: 1984
This was one of Ford's "Better Ideas." As someone said, it was just to keep you from locking the keys in the car.
Way back in the days of yore (1930's) many cars didn't have a keyed door handle on the driver's side. If the car was locked you had to unlock the passenger's side and slide across the seat. This was because it was illegal to enter from the street.
Way back in the days of yore (1930's) many cars didn't have a keyed door handle on the driver's side. If the car was locked you had to unlock the passenger's side and slide across the seat. This was because it was illegal to enter from the street.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 723
From: Washington
I once saw a modification that could be made to the latch mechanism that involved removing some pawl with a grinder. The T-Birds could be locked and the button held in to shut the door and their latch mechanism is similar but not interchangeable with the Mustang. Noticing the differences is what prompted the modification. Unfortunately I can't remember where I saw the mod. In any case the car you refered to may have had that mod done to its latch.
1st Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 89
From: texas
It could have been a very late build 66 that she had that had the 67 style latches in it too. Or could be that someone put the 67 latches in it at some point since it had been restored. Don't know if the 66 and 67 latches are interchangeable but it seems to me that they could be.
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