I like the way the closed door completely covers the big block of wood that keeps the door open. Neat design!
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17 Mar 2015, 10:05am
Scottie's Tribute A352 build
17 Mar 2015, 11:23am
Glad you noticed that World Class, It took me ages to hack a big enough hole in the bottom of the door to make it work so!!
18 Mar 2015, 7:37pm
Wednesday
Today I bit the bullet, and started drilling holes in my car. After much measuring, marking and rechecking, I fitted the door lock to the passengers door.
Then I managed to fit the lock plate to the door bulkhead.
The good news is that the lock works, the door closes with a resounding "click" and is firmly closed, and does not rattle.
I have not fitted the handle yet, nor obviously connected it to the lock, that will come later. I am just relieved to get the lock in place with no mistakes or damage to anything.
It is so fiddly getting both these two bits secured in the right places, that I wanted to get it right in one, and not have to adjust it at all afterwards.
I achieved my aim, as I had checked all the measurement so many times ,
that it came out right first try.
I hope I have the same luck with the drivers side.
When I fitted the doors, I made them stick out just a bit at the rear, so they needed definite pressure to close them, and fit correctly.
When the "Click" is heard, and the door is shut flush, it is very satisfying.
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Today I bit the bullet, and started drilling holes in my car. After much measuring, marking and rechecking, I fitted the door lock to the passengers door.
Then I managed to fit the lock plate to the door bulkhead.
The good news is that the lock works, the door closes with a resounding "click" and is firmly closed, and does not rattle.
I have not fitted the handle yet, nor obviously connected it to the lock, that will come later. I am just relieved to get the lock in place with no mistakes or damage to anything.
It is so fiddly getting both these two bits secured in the right places, that I wanted to get it right in one, and not have to adjust it at all afterwards.
I achieved my aim, as I had checked all the measurement so many times ,
that it came out right first try.
I hope I have the same luck with the drivers side.
When I fitted the doors, I made them stick out just a bit at the rear, so they needed definite pressure to close them, and fit correctly.
When the "Click" is heard, and the door is shut flush, it is very satisfying.
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18 Mar 2015, 9:22pm
Are you going to hide the lock mountings behind the alloy?
At the moment it looks like someone has stuck a b&q door catch on a classis car door.
I am sure you will address this in your usual style
At the moment it looks like someone has stuck a b&q door catch on a classis car door.
I am sure you will address this in your usual style
18 Mar 2015, 10:26pm
My 20's Citroën has a virtually identical plate from new. We aren't used to seeing them on cars nowadays.
18 Mar 2015, 10:27pm
It will stay like that, and as the doors on cars are closed 99.9999% of the time it will probably never get seen.
Aluminium is a very soft material and certainly not suitable for locks and lock shut plates, which is why its not used for that purpose.
Steel is the normal chosen material, due to its hard wearing qualities, which is why I've used it on my car.
Aluminium is a very soft material and certainly not suitable for locks and lock shut plates, which is why its not used for that purpose.
Steel is the normal chosen material, due to its hard wearing qualities, which is why I've used it on my car.
19 Mar 2015, 7:53am
WCA & Scottie – I quite like the simplistic “function over form” look of the door locks. 
I did try to find out what an original XKSS door lock looked like, but failed.
As almost all the photos I could find show the cars with the doors shut!
However, I did find a photo of this Aston Martin, which also seems to be sporting a B&Q door lock.
( Still looks as cool as
though. )
Jokes aside, Scottie you are making great progress.
Good luck, Paul.
I did try to find out what an original XKSS door lock looked like, but failed.
As almost all the photos I could find show the cars with the doors shut!
However, I did find a photo of this Aston Martin, which also seems to be sporting a B&Q door lock.
( Still looks as cool as
though. )Jokes aside, Scottie you are making great progress.
Good luck, Paul.
19 Mar 2015, 8:36am
I could not find any pictures of XKSS locks either Paul, but like Landmannn, I came to the conclusion that all old cars had similar locks in those days.
I have the same locks on the bonnet and boot and they work well.
The good thing is that they are not on show, and will rarely be seen.
I have the same locks on the bonnet and boot and they work well.
The good thing is that they are not on show, and will rarely be seen.
19 Mar 2015, 11:10am
looking good scottie this along with Pauls cordite are the 2 cars i cant wait to see completed as your build threads have been epic! so well documented ,sometimes it seems you spend as much time photographing and writing it up as you do working on the cars.
19 Mar 2015, 12:44pm
Well I thought I would have a quick google to show the kind of door latch I was thinking of but that didn't work.
I was thinking that if you mounted the 'sticky out bit' behind the ally panel with just the catch sticking out it would look neater. Most of those type of catches allow you to adjust the length that sticks out.
For the catch side I was just thinking making is perhaps slightly larger or make it look more designed for that place rather than an simple 'off the shelf' house door catch.
I won;t go on as you are correct the door is normally shut. It just jars a bit in my eyes. You go to all the effort on loads of details that will be totally hidden and then the door catch looks quite out of place in my eyes.
I did find this while googling as another possible approach but I think you hidden catch approach is better
I was thinking that if you mounted the 'sticky out bit' behind the ally panel with just the catch sticking out it would look neater. Most of those type of catches allow you to adjust the length that sticks out.
For the catch side I was just thinking making is perhaps slightly larger or make it look more designed for that place rather than an simple 'off the shelf' house door catch.
I won;t go on as you are correct the door is normally shut. It just jars a bit in my eyes. You go to all the effort on loads of details that will be totally hidden and then the door catch looks quite out of place in my eyes.
I did find this while googling as another possible approach but I think you hidden catch approach is better
19 Mar 2015, 8:44pm
Thursday
Well, the door locks that I chose appear to have rattled certain cages, and upset the animals!
Seriously though, I put as much time and effort into research on which locks to use, as I have put into other things on the car, and came to the conclusion that what I have fitted, are the most simple, functional and hidden locks as I could find.
Especially given the odd angles and shapes of the XKSS doors in the first place.
Even the simple ones I have used were an absolute bitch to fit, and I had to make another " special tool" in order to actually get them in place.
The original plan was to then take them out, and paint the doors then refit,
but given how difficult and time consuming it was to fit them in the first place, the bastards are staying in there, and will end up painted BRG along with the door too.
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Well, the door locks that I chose appear to have rattled certain cages, and upset the animals!
Seriously though, I put as much time and effort into research on which locks to use, as I have put into other things on the car, and came to the conclusion that what I have fitted, are the most simple, functional and hidden locks as I could find.
Especially given the odd angles and shapes of the XKSS doors in the first place.
Even the simple ones I have used were an absolute bitch to fit, and I had to make another " special tool" in order to actually get them in place.
The original plan was to then take them out, and paint the doors then refit,
but given how difficult and time consuming it was to fit them in the first place, the bastards are staying in there, and will end up painted BRG along with the door too.
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19 Mar 2015, 8:55pm
Redratbike, you may really want to see my car finished, but not half as much as me!!
Ref the time spent on the blog, it takes less than a minute to snap a few pics, and 30 minutes for the text, and believe me that is absolutely nothing compared with the time spent on the car.
I could be even more detailed with the build report, but I really don't have the time, so I actually miss quite a lot out!
Glad you appreciate it though!
Ref the time spent on the blog, it takes less than a minute to snap a few pics, and 30 minutes for the text, and believe me that is absolutely nothing compared with the time spent on the car.
I could be even more detailed with the build report, but I really don't have the time, so I actually miss quite a lot out!
Glad you appreciate it though!
20 Mar 2015, 6:19pm
Friday
I have spent the whole day on just the passengers door.
I had not intended to, and was going to finish the last rain channel, but with the door off, I realised I had yet to glass in the fitting holes and re-drill.
Having done that, and as it was a nice sunny day, I decided to make and fit some sort of mechanism so that the handle would open the door.
With the door off the car, I could turn it to any angle and see inside.
Well, I spent ages making the mechanism, and even longer trying to get it inside the restricted space, but I did it in the end, and tried it out, and it was a miserable failure. It just did not work at all, and worse still, jammed the lock, so it would not come back out.
I was gutted! Time is a commodity I am short of right now, and boy, had I wasted some!
I stripped it all out and went back to basics, I decided that using nuts and bolts in such a tight space was madness, so got rid of them, and worked out a system that was much simpler, which slotted together with no nuts or bolts. It now works perfectly, so doing the drivers side will be much quicker
now, as I know what to do first time.
Call me jaded, but I just could not dredge up any excitement for the "show of the century" I did watch it, but afterwards wondered why I'd bothered!
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I have spent the whole day on just the passengers door.
I had not intended to, and was going to finish the last rain channel, but with the door off, I realised I had yet to glass in the fitting holes and re-drill.
Having done that, and as it was a nice sunny day, I decided to make and fit some sort of mechanism so that the handle would open the door.
With the door off the car, I could turn it to any angle and see inside.
Well, I spent ages making the mechanism, and even longer trying to get it inside the restricted space, but I did it in the end, and tried it out, and it was a miserable failure. It just did not work at all, and worse still, jammed the lock, so it would not come back out.
I was gutted! Time is a commodity I am short of right now, and boy, had I wasted some!
I stripped it all out and went back to basics, I decided that using nuts and bolts in such a tight space was madness, so got rid of them, and worked out a system that was much simpler, which slotted together with no nuts or bolts. It now works perfectly, so doing the drivers side will be much quicker
now, as I know what to do first time.
Call me jaded, but I just could not dredge up any excitement for the "show of the century" I did watch it, but afterwards wondered why I'd bothered!
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20 Mar 2015, 7:43pm
Like the handle.
Still don't like seeing the latch plate but having been called an animal I will keep quiet :-)
Still don't like seeing the latch plate but having been called an animal I will keep quiet :-)
20 Mar 2015, 7:54pm
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20 Mar 2015, 9:30pm
This thread has hit the 100 pages!!
We hope for completion before the 1,000
We hope for completion before the 1,000
20 Mar 2015, 9:41pm
I bet all your posts add up to more than 100 pages WCA!
20 Mar 2015, 10:33pm
Probably - my job sticks me in front of a computer for 10-14 hours a day with me needing to pay attention for 3-4 hours so I spend more time on here than necessary.
Keep up the postings. I always look forward to your updates and REALLY looking forward to seeing the real thing at Stonliegh
Keep up the postings. I always look forward to your updates and REALLY looking forward to seeing the real thing at Stonliegh
20 Mar 2015, 11:01pm
I'm beginning to wonder if I'll even make it there, the work just seems to keep coming, and it all takes so long, but I will carry on and hope.
I am really tempted to ask, if you are on the pc for 14 hours and paying attention for only 4, WTF are you doing for 10 hours, watching porn?
I am really tempted to ask, if you are on the pc for 14 hours and paying attention for only 4, WTF are you doing for 10 hours, watching porn?
21 Mar 2015, 7:59am
If you search carefully there is stuff other than porn on the Internet
21 Mar 2015, 8:32am
If you search carefully there is stuff other than porn on the Internet
Yes,this tread..........technical porn..........
21 Mar 2015, 9:34am
...if you are on the pc for 14 hours and paying attention for only 4, WTF are you doing for 10 hours, watching porn?
OMG, that's it, WCA is a High Court Judge!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31920906
Congratulations on breaking your century, btw Scottie. Now get the bloody thing finished!
21 Mar 2015, 9:35am
Yes,this tread..........technical porn..........
Couldn't agree more. OK, so I do a bit of car building. I can handle it. I could give it up tomorrow if I wanted to. No, really I could...
21 Mar 2015, 12:20pm
Boo Hoo!
everyones on at me!
everyones on at me!
22 Mar 2015, 2:16pm
Sunday, and I have started on the final rain channel, it usually takes a whole day to fabricate one, and finalise it, so I may not complete it today, as I have other things to do, but we will see.
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