Topic: Retainer for trunk lock on California Special?

[Murf]

Does anyone have an image of the retainer for the trunk lock on a CS?  Have no idea if it is the same as steel deck lids - is it?  Need to find one for MCA events but honestly have no idea what I am looking for so any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

[J_Speegle]

Same one as used on the steel/Mustang trunk lid. Not sure if I have a picture of one out of a car nor where one might be in my boxes or shelves at the moment. My Calif Spec is in storage so its not handy.

[ruppstang]

The same retainer was used on all 67-68 Mustangs. The trunk lock retainer differed from the door lock retainer because it had a small hole drilled in it so you could use a hook tool to reach in passed the tail light panel support and pull out the retainer.
I'll have to see if I have one I can photo.
Marty

[Bob Gaines]

The same retainer was used on all 67-68 Mustangs. The trunk lock retainer differed from the door lock retainer because it had a small hole drilled in it so you could use a hook tool to reach in passed the tail light panel support and pull out the retainer.
I'll have to see if I have one I can photo.
Marty

To add , it was installed from the driver side from the factory. A very common mistake in restoration is to not use the clip with a hole and to install it from the wrong side. FYI the spring steel of the clip is not very fun to try and drill a small hole into to mimic the correct one.

[Murf]

So the only difference is the little hole in the clip?  Probably the correct lock cylinder clip for the trunk will be found on one of the doors of our car.  They seem to have the same configuration - is that correct?

[Coralsnake]

What if the guy that installed it was left handed?

[Bob Gaines]

So the only difference is the little hole in the clip?  Probably the correct lock cylinder clip for the trunk will be found on one of the doors of our car.  They seem to have the same configuration - is that correct?

Yes .They are easy to confuse.

[Murf]

Thanks to all for the information.  Item corrected. 

[OldMustangGuy]

I'll toss in the photo as this is fresh in my mind having come from two MCA shows this year where the eagle eyes of Messrs Rupp and Speegle caught me not once but twice with the wrong retainer! Came home from Kansas City and just stumbled across the correct missing piece in a parts box...

[67gtasanjose]

What if the guy that installed it was left handed?

I thought the same thing Must be an "odds" thing and if I were judging, I wouldn't deduct for that detail but might mention it in comments

[J_Speegle]

What if the guy that installed it was left handed?

Your assuming that the ones installed from the drivers side were installed by a right hander   As far as we know those were installed by a left hander

[CharlesTurner]

I thought the same thing Must be an "odds" thing and if I were judging, I wouldn't deduct for that detail but might mention it in comments

Agreed, a very minor item that should never amount to a full point deduction on its own.

[Bob Gaines]

It is just a very minor detail so it doesn't really matter but while on the subject it is quite the coincidence that all of the survivor type cars that I have studied have had that minor detail of the retaining clip installed from the driver side. Must be a lot of left hand installers or one installer doing a lot of cars . The assembly manual illustration shows it installed from the driver side too . FYI 1967 ,1968,and 1969 manuals . I didn't check the 70 but suspect it is the same . Even though the assembly manual is sometimes flawed it seems to correspond in this case with what I have observed many times. More then 3 so I thought a pattern. Maybe others think differently . Oh well enough time spent on such a minor detail . I suppose a minor detail doesn't mean much unless a car has a multitude of them in a given section or cumulative over all.

[ruppstang]

Here are a door lock retainer and a trunk lock retainer side beside. Beside the hole the shape is slightly different. Also a photo of our unrestored 68 High Country Special showing the correct retainer and the correct assembly.
Hope this helps solve one of those pesky little details.
Good luck John.

[OldMustangGuy]

Are there variations of the retainer?...note the one in my photo in the above post compared to the one in Marty's photo...the hole size on mine is slightly smaller and the flange bends the other way...it came from my 68 GT350...I assume it's factory but I have no way of knowing.

Here's another one from a 67 San Jose car that just happens to be in my shop...it looks like the one in Marty's photo.