So the early locks had the T-slot?

Do you have pictures of the spring side of those locks?

That was the 1st pic I posted, here it is again. The clock spring was only on one of the batch of six I picked up, all the others used a coil spring. What was interesting was that five of the six bodies had the straight slot, not the "T" slot. Pretty sure the "T" slot was an improvement to retain the bumper - at the bottom of the pic. Sorry I don't have a better pic to discern the date codes. I recall one set was matched and an early date, I think they went to @26th-Z .

Edited Tuesday at 06:46 PM2 days by jfa.series1

This is all great info regarding date codes. I had to check my parts on this as the drivers door on 00042 was obviously replaced, passenger door is original. Drivers door has a 5-5 date code, while passenger door is 9-8. Amazingly, I checked my stash and I actually have a 9-8 driver's latch. Guess I will swap those out so they both say 9-8

Last pic shows the two spring types

16 hours ago, jfa.series1 said:

That was the 1st pic I posted, here it is again. The clock spring was only on one of the batch of six I picked up, all the others used a coil spring. What was interesting was that five of the six bodies had the straight slot, not the "T" slot. Pretty sure the "T" slot was an improvement to retain the bumper - at the bottom of the pic. Sorry I don't have a better pic to discern the date codes. I recall one set was matched and an early date, I think they went to @26th-Z .

Did precision plate those door latches? They look really good!

1 hour ago, Patcon said:

Did precision plate those door latches? They look really good!

Yep.

12 hours ago, jfa.series1 said:

Yep.

They did a nice job!! Those latches are tough to get plated well! Ive heard Precision doesn't really want to plate for restorations?

So I received my chrome work today. Most of it looks pretty good. I have a few things I'll ask about. Its expensive work!

I have no idea how I ended up with four drivers and two passenger??

Two ash trays

2 sets of visor brackets & three cig lighter rings

Four buttons for hatch locks and 2 gas doors

I need some help ASAP!

Is this a Datsun part?? I'm thinking no...

1 hour ago, Patcon said:

They did a nice job!! Those latches are tough to get plated well! Ive heard Precision doesn't really want to plate for restorations?

I never had any pushback and I have friends getting work done there now.

Good to know!

14 hours ago, jfa.series1 said:

I never had any pushback and I have friends getting work done there now.

Jim do you recognize that last part in my chrome post?

@motorman7 ??

I have no clue what those are. Also, looks like you have 5 of them, which is an odd number.

2 hours ago, Patcon said:

Jim do you recognize that last part in my chrome post?

I can't recall anything like that on my ride, so no idea.