Comments
and photos by
Ron Boudreau
I was at the Boston World of Wheels show and Donald
Trump’s car that has been on E-Bay recently was there. I was able
to get some pictures of door latch, notice the plastic bottom cover on
the door latch. |
 |
 |
| Comments
and photos by Craig
Nadeau
Close up of the OEM door latch. There is a small
piece of sheet metal with small metal screws to hold it on. |
 |
| These
are photo's of different builder/kit latches that I took photos of when
I was at the 2002
Knott's show |
| |
 |
|
Fletch
The
door latch and stricker come from a Mercedes Benz 240 or 280 seriers,
1971 or 1972, chasssis type 114 or 116.
Part numbers for
the latches A1267200135 and A1267200435.
The following photos are of my right door latch. |
 |
add photo
(when I finish)
|
| This is the latch in a simi-finished phase, it
still needs some work. |
This would be the completed stage. |
| This
is the latch location
on the body door panel, I lowered the lighting level down so that you could
see the detail of the door. |
|
| This is the cut out on the door |
|
 |
 |
| The problem with these latches are that they
did not fit the contour of the door. When the latch is mounted in the door
you can see there is a gap between the latch and door. |
I
had a great recommendation emailed to me from Jo
"Connor" McKenna and Paul (who live in Canada).
Paul builds cars and he uses these latches in his builds, Paul recommended
a great tip of welding on a small piece that matches the contour of the
door, this worked great. |
 |
 |
|
| Berfore (original latch) |
Welded a bead to build up material |
Finished |
| Here are some photos of the latch in different
angles |
|
 |
 |
Brian
Falzon 9/16/03
I ordered the Mercedes door latch and catch using the part numbers from
your web site. I'm enclosing a picture of the driver door latch and catch.
They are from a W126 body. The numbers are as follows.
Driver door latch = 126-720-01-35 $75.00
Driver door catch = 126-720-01-04 $61.00
I didn't get the passenger side, so I dont have the part number yet.
I wanted to see what they looked like before I ordered the other set.
They are a little differen't from the ones Lamborghini uses. They mount
from inside the door instead of the outside.
I'm debating weather to use these or track down the more authentic looking
ones. I think I like these better.
B.T.W. Kamloop Select Auto was a little high on the price. They wanted
168.00 for just the latch. I purchased mine from the local dealer, arived
with in 3 days. |
 |
| There
is a detailed "manual" that Dale has created for you to view
(in regards to this section). This instruction manual is on how he built
his IFG Phantom Roadster. (click on his logo to visit
his web site)
Click
here to visit Dale's section on: Chapter
8 - Doors |
| Craig
Nadeau
This latch installed pretty well. The only difficulty
is one of the mounting bolts is behind the counterweight, on a Mercedes
would be screwed into sheet metal. Otherwise, the latch fit very nicely
onto the body with no gaps and the drilling indentations were bang on. |
 |
| The Diablo has power locks, you can see the solenoid
and the cam to pull or push the lock lever. it really works well. |
 |
Here is the sum of weeks of work. This is the
passenger side door latch internal workings. You can see why it was so
nice to be able to work on the door with the skin off.
Starting at the top, this is the older VW trunk
release. It is held in place by a aluminum bar bent to shape. The latch
is the OEM Lambo style. Lower down in the center of the shot with 2 black
wires is a micro switch. It is activated whenever the door latch is opened.
This switch activates the power windows to bring them down slightly. Below
that is a brass colored rod which activates the lock. That rod goes to
that cam and then down another rod to a push pull actuator.
On the bottom right you can just see some bolts
going through some angle iron. That is the cable release for the door
latch. It just clears the door glass. This is why doors are so hard -
that is just the latch never mind the pwr windows, inner latch, mirrors,
window tracks, trim, speakers, and so on... |
|
|
