Topic: Retainer for trunk lock on California Special?

[ruppstang]

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.

I checked our 68 GT350 thinking that maybe Metuchen had a different supplier that used  a smaller hole but it is the same as the one in the 68 SJ car above.
I did dig through my stash and find one with a small hole but I do not know where it cam from.

[krelboyne]

Did some carcheology on those retainers, I found two different styles. Larger hole style with smooth rounded corners, and small hole with clipped corners as shown.

[krelboyne]

Retainer with hole, also available from Scott Drake as a stand alone, part number C5AZ-6222023-A.

[ruppstang]

Which one does it look like?

[OldMustangGuy]

I think we might be cracking the code...the Drake retainer has the small hole and the longer arms...this is the picture from their catalogue...so now the question becomes "are the retainers that have small holes really reproductions and not factory"?

[J_Speegle]

I think we might be cracking the code...the Drake retainer has the small hole and the longer arms...this is the picture from their catalogue...so now the question becomes "are the retainers that have small holes really reproductions and not factory"?

Don't believe the original source for all the lock retainers with the small hole is from reproduction sources or even service replacement sources.  Way too many found on unrestored original cars IMHO

[Bob Gaines]

Don't believe the original source for all the lock retainers with the small hole is from reproduction sources or even service replacement sources.  Way too many found on unrestored original cars IMHO

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