Door lock tail piece

[hiball3985]

My left ( drivers side ) door lock never worked, I finally dig into the problem and the tail piece is missing. If someone has an extra or a link to a supplier I would would appreciate it much.

[RICH MUISE]

Looked, but couldn't find the ones I remembered seeing some years back that wereaftermarket..maybe machined and welded?
Concourse has a NOS left side for 60 bucks. Don't ya hate that??

[hiball3985]

I didn't check Concourse but that seems like a rip off to me 

[RICH MUISE]

Yep...about 12 times the price of new ones for 55-56

[hiball3985]

Yep...about 12 times the price of new ones for 55-56

It must be gold plated 

[BBoswell]

I have the complete door handle to door lock piece for a drivers side 300 2 door but I don't see any piece that looks like that.

[cokefirst]

what year and body style is this for?

[RICH MUISE]

He's looking for one for his Ranchero, but I do believe any model will work for him except the "station wagon". I can't verify this, but I think when you read that wagons are different (longer I believe), the only thing that makes sense to me would be  the Country Squire model not working because the key lock is in the "wood".
Bos...........the part he is looking for is not a part of the latch, it is attached to the outside key lock. It attaches on the back of the tumbler housing and goes to the latch

[RICH MUISE]

I just wanted to mention that the left and right tail pieces look very similar or identical, but in fact they are not and will not function correctly if switched. Ask me how I know.

[hiball3985]

I have the complete door handle to door lock piece for a drivers side 300 2 door but I don't see any piece that looks like that.

The piece goes into the end of the keyed lock cylinder. It fits between the cylinder and the door latch.
I believe Rich is right, works on Ranchero, Customs etc but not wagons..

[gasman826]

Wagons no different than Ranchero or Custom (I don't know about woody).  I used salvaged Custom piece in my wagon doors.

[hiball3985]

Wagons no different than Ranchero or Custom (I don't know about woody).  I used salvaged Custom piece in my wagon doors.

Thats strange, my friends wagon, it's a 4 door Ranch no wood and we compared them and they are longer then mine?

[gasman826]

Oh yea!  The kicker is that there is more than one size.  I had several that were all from Customs and a few were different length.  Think this has been mentioned in other posts.

[hiball3985]

It sure gets confusing, I was thinking maybe 4 door vs 2 door models??

Later today I will go measure the lock/striker location 4 door wagon vs my ranchero.

[RICH MUISE]

When I did mine with tails I had found at a swap meet, the tailpiece on the driver's door was a tad too short, which would be strange in itself since the Customs are suppose to be the shortest. However, I was using a 57 Mercury nos door latch modified to work on my Ford, so I contributed the "short" tailpiece to the fact I was not using a Ford latch.
There is a simple easy fix to use tails that are just a tad too short. my tailpiece reached the latch, but was not long enough to actually go thru it. I found the solution in my household plumbing box. The clear 1/4" tubing you use to plumb your refrigerator's icemaker uses a brass  shouldered sleeve that fits in the end of the tubing. The id of that sleeve will slip over the legs on the cast tailpiece, and the OD of the sleeve is a thumb press into the hole on the latch that the tailpiece passes thru.