Thanks for your interest! I'm looking for the spacer and release rod, I think there's two different types...maybe more, I have the basic lock same style as the doors no emblem so the rod is longer, the rods from the emblem locks seem smaller. Thanks Donnie.
HRD
I have some spare pieces that you are welcome to have, but I'm not sure about what you actually need.
Do you have a diagram or some sort of a picture?
Maybe if you took a picture of what you do have, I can figure out what you need to get it back together.
Jay
Jay I need the release rod with the hook and loop on the ends, and the wedge looking spacer with the hole threw it. I will post another picture of the one that I don't need. Thanks.
Jeff lent me this one to see if it would work, but he has the emblem on his trunk lock and this one is different. Plus there's a scratch on it!
Donnie
Scroll down about 5 threads from this one to Bumper Guards Needed and take a look at the picture of the trunk lock on my car. Is that the same type that you have on your car?
I'll go out to the garage tomorrow and get the bag that my spare trunk lock parts are in and look for those pieces. Jay
Jay here is mine, yours is the other type.
Donny
I have had locks like that. It sort of looks like a 58. We'll see what I have tomorrow when I go through my stuff. Jay
That is a Fairlane lock, not a Custom. Should be easy to find.
I wasn't aware of that Wildhog, just figured it being so plain it was from a 300. Well the picture is up that shows what I need, and like you said it should be easy to get. I've just left it till the end. Thanks HRD.
Donny
These are some spare pieces from my custom lock assembly.
The wire piece is about 2 7/8 " from outside edge to outside edge.
Let my know if there is something here that you can use.
Jay
Thanks for doing that Jay. I just started to do the lock set and the car was in pieces when I got it 5 years ago. Wildhog made a comment about me having a Fairlane lock. In my previous post with the diagram, the rod you have doesn't seem to be the same, it's more like the one I borrowed off that Norwell guy. I'll keep you posted. Thanks Donnie.
Donnie
I'm just curious...
When you were doing the body work on your car, do you remember filling or welding a sort of square hole on your deck lid that is approximately 1/4 inch? It would have been located about 2 inches below the hole where the trunk lock is located now. If so that hole is for mounting the custom trunk lock assembly.
It might be a good idea to take a good look at that guy Jeff's car to see what I'm talking about.
Wildhog Tom nailed it though. Assuming that the lock hole is in the right place on your deck lid, you should be able to locate the Fairlane pieces to get the whole thing working. The guys on this site are very helpful and someone is going to have the pieces in his spare parts pile somewhere. Jay
No it was it just had the hole for the lock that is on it in the picture, plus I like the plan one....less is more for me.
Thanks for all your help, I now have the parts I needed. HRD
well, here's one other thing to consider or figure out....How did it get a Fairlane lock? Fairlane and Custom trunks are not interchangeable, It wouldn't seem like the hole shape/size/configuration for Fairlane and Custom would be the same, but they may be, I don't know for sure. The point I'm trying to get at, but not doing a good job of, is that someone may have put a Fairlane shaped hole in the Custom's lock position...which means something for the latch connection may have to be fabricated.
Rich it all went together and it works great, so I don't know what to say other then YA-HO! On to the door's next. Thanks for caring. HRD
Gimme my stuff back Creep.
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It's coming Jeff, and I'm to treat angry people with kindness! I hope you have a great day Mr. Norwell :001:
ha ha ha
Sounds to me like one of you two guys is an Indian giver. Haven't figured out which one yet.
Come to think of it you are our northern neighbors and probably don't know what that means.
Oh.. we know what that means Jay....... ha ha ha ..Donnie are always going back and forth.
Saying that.. Donnie is my 57 savour..he has helped me out so much,...... Donnie..Where is my free stuff?
ha ha ha
On a serious note... the diagram Donnie posted looked identical to parts i had for a truck assembly on a 55 Ford Custom line i had a few years back.I really thought the Trunk Lock assemblies were nearly all the same(or pretty much) from 55-59.....
I see know this may not be correct.
Okay so my trunk is finished and it works! I like the plain look. Is that look normal from Ford or is there more trim pieces? The real question is....how many types of trunk locks are there?
I think that there are just two types. The one that you have that should be on a Fairlane and the one like on my Custom. I will concede that the Fairlane one has a clean look to it though.