I was talking with a good friend at Mustang Week, and he was telling me about how he had the original locks sanded and buffed. They looked great on his car; in fact, I thought they were new.
On my '67, I have the original door and ignition locks, but on the passenger's side lock assembly, the spring that's supposed to keep that small protector strip in place whenever a key is not inserted has broken. Basically, the little piece that pushes aside whenever you insert a key is stuck in the open position (if that's clear as mud).
Any chance that spring could be replaced? I went ahead and purchased a repro. set of door and ignition lock cylinders, but wasn't at all pleased with them. If it's even an option, I'd be fine with destroying one of the repro. locks to use its internal spring. I played with these locks for a while last night, but wasn't able to get very far. I can see inside the lock and can tell that the protector strip is still in place, but that the spring is either out of place or broken. From what I saw last night, it didn't seem like those assemblies were made to be taken apart.
I was just wondering anyone had ever been through this before. I'd really prefer to keep the original lock set intact if it's at all possible.
