mk1 door

[mk1]

Great!

We even get how to do it on stealing cars while in Aus now

PS. Probably works for Italy & South Africa too !

[Nick W]

whilst building these doors up, its evident that they where not built to the same quality of early mk1 doors, ie the piece that the chrome window slider sits on is raised at the rear, which made the gap uneven when fitted , this was easy to sort by taping it down with out damaging the paint that matters, also the lack of spot welds round the lock mechinism.
if it wasnt for my mental condition I would have been better to have fitted good s/h ones.
I suppose they where still making these doors for the vans long after the jigs & skills were way past there best.

[Pete]

Of course there's no key for the passenger side so is understandable why an extra lock would be a good idea.

[Nick W]

Of course there's no key for the passenger side so is understandable why an extra lock would be a good idea.

it would take a very specific padlock as the one I fitted for the image didnt stop it opening.

surely they where having a laugh in the design department if it was meant for a padlock

[mk1]

I don't believe the padlock theory either, the hole is far to close to the pivot point of the handle & will as Nick says not stop the lock operating normally.

[Dearg1275]

It was a cost cutting excecise. They were selling the punched out bits as scrap.

[Time Bandit]

Can't beat a padlock on the door... I have one one my Land Rover 'cos the lock is paggered, handle gets caught on the lock and wont open...waste of time though as it's got a (very rotten) canvas top so it'll not keep anyone out anyhow but I guess it stops the have a go type from having a quick grab at owt lying around inside the cab as they go past!

[Pete]

When you think how many big companies were using Mini vans in the 60s and 70s Xerox, the AA, the Post Office, etc etc that passenger door was really a weak point!

[mk1]

Time bandit, I'd love to see some more pics of your Landy. It looks fantastic!

[InimiaD]

My 68 MK2 had a new near side door fitted about 5 years before I bought it.
I've just checked and the door has the hole present.

Edit. Found the receipt for the work and the door cost £164.00 + vat dated june 1991.

[Time Bandit]

Time bandit, I'd love to see some more pics of your Landy. It looks fantastic!

No probs, I'll sort some out and resize them over the weekend and start another thread with them rather than clutter this one up and take the focus off MK1 door variations! Funny thing is, in a roundabout way it was the LR that lead to me to this forum believe it or not!

In the meantime though, here is a resized one I happened to have handy on the laptop...

Mike

[timmy201]

Great!

We even get how to do it on stealing cars while in Aus now

PS. Probably works for Italy & South Africa too !

By now pretty much any key will fit any door too!

[mk1]

Nice Lany, I have always had a soft spot for lightweights.

[rich@minispares.com]

Nice Lany, I have always had a soft spot for lightweights.

ahem

'airportables'


any landrover will turn into a 'lightweight' if you leave it long enough

[Nick W]

this is how not to deliver your airportables!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-YsSL65quM

[rich@minispares.com]

this is how not to deliver your airportables!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-YsSL65quM

I suppose it depends what you are dropping them on

GET SUM!!!!!

[Peter Laidler]

That's why you clear the dropping zone of men before you come in with the heavy stuff. Nice to see a lightweight again but the special non standard spares for them were always known as 'dues-out', a technical way of saying 'on back order from L-R' so the lightweights would be off the road for a few weeks at a time. In the meantime, it'd slowly be cannibalised for other bits for the other lightweights......... and so it went on! My friend in Devon has one that he's restored to Rolls-Royce like condition with gleaming mechanicals and deep bronze green gloss bodywork. Didn't see many like that on Salisbury Plain!

[dodge44]

While we are here talking door production differences, when did the catch hole change from a round hole to an oblong one? I'm assuming it was when the handle escutcheon changed from just locating in the skin, to being held in with two screws (196?). Round hole example is from a 1962 car and the oblong was I think originally from a Riley Elf.

Book shows these options but there may be more:

14A6830 ESCUTCHEON
24A1139 ESCUTCHEON CHASSIS A-A257-327629-M & M-A254-160372 onwards. Plus 156501-160000.

24A2084 ESCUTCHEON

24A2245 ESCUTCHEON LOCKING
24A2246 ESCUTCHEON NON-LOCKING

[Peter Laidler]

Surely, the hole, whether it's the ROUND one or the OVAL one, it MUST align with the central axis of the door handle shaft so whether the hole is round or oval it can't be anything to do with the exterior handle can it? Maybe it's to allow the doors to cater for what we used to call 'manufacturers variants or tolerances'

[Tim]

Great!

We even get how to do it on stealing cars while in Aus now

PS. Probably works for Italy & South Africa too !

Aren't the locks just cosmetic? It would be the same in South Africa, they used our doors, but the Italian ones are different and might have a small catch that stops the latch on the quarter vent from being flipped aside.

Tim