'67 Door mech question UK/US bugs

Justin & Mutley

Dear All,

I've been a fan of TheSamba.com for some time, but haven't posted before, so hello from the UK!! Cool

Here is a picture of the beetle I bought and fixed up for my wife earlier this year - I gave it to her as a surprise birthday present...

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But, I now have a problem with it...
The drivers side (right hand side) lock mech on my '67 (Sept '66) bug is worn - the usual advice appears to be to swap it for the passenger side but UK bugs didn't have a key lock on the passenger side so this isn't an option - did US bugs have a key lock on both sides? If so I could do the swap if I got hold of a US passenger side lock, does this make sense?

Any advice gratefully received Very Happy

Juss

ocdbeetle · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:51 am Post subject:

Welcome and Congrats on getting the beetle fixed and rolling! I've got a 67 but not sure about helping with your prob...someone will be along shortly I'm sure with an answer...

Post some pics of your 67 here ;

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=174017
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Justin & Mutley · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject:

Get me a picture of it, and I will go through my stash and see what I have. But I need a picture to match it up.
I probably wont have the key, but any competent locksmith should be able to fix that.
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jewest · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject:

One option would be to send it to this guy. I have used him and have been to his shop. He has any needed parts. Haven't contacted him in a while but he should still be there...

http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0112vwt_gabriel_volkswagen_garage_locksmith/

Another option buy a working one on Samba - they're faifly common and not expensive - especially with the conversion going in your favor.

Good luck with it.

Joe

jhicken · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:02 am Post subject:

That's an old article, Gabriel moved a while ago. You can reach him here.

[email protected]

He'll set you up.

-jeffrey
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Justin & Mutley · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:19 am Post subject:

Let me look around today and see what I have. I will be going through stuff anyway for a customer that is on the way that lost their keys. I have to rekey the car.
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Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!--Edward Abbey

Gary: OK. Ima poop.

Justin & Mutley · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

Thanks Russ - hope to hear from you Cool

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject:

I found 7 handles that look like yours from the outside. After looking them over, I see there are 2 different types of the inside.
I only have one of those.

I do not have a key for it, but I can see in your photo, that they are both a K series key. The others I have that are different are all SC series.
PM me if you are interested.
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