Door Locks

[Dick Huish]

While we're on the subject of prewar. What was the interior made of? Was it upholstered or was it done in the same material as the outside. (cotton). On the L-2 they used the same as the outside. I've been sitting on a 41 BC-65 for several years and really need to get it back in the shop.

[Forrest Barber]

Locks?

There were some Experimental doors , very heavy made of fiberglas with locks..... never used locks otherwise. They are very easy to break into and then you have to repair a door after they steal whatever out of your ship. This was all discussed before when the "double lock" was necessary in some states.... Maybe do like the Military; put a hasp lock with a padlock on the outside?? I will photo the original knife type lock and the smaller outside handle....( ribbed)

[Hank Jarrett]

The interior on my 41 was originally "Leatherette and Mohair" on the seats and the headlinner was (I was told but haven't had confirmed yet) a wool fabric. The insides of the doors were in the same material as the seats. There is an antique car fabric retailer in Kansas City that had material that was a near perfect match for the srcraps I had. Guess what, they were Studebaker fabrics. They also had the cardboard material with the leather patern embossed in it that was originall used for the glare shield and hat shelf. Looks really good but falls to pieces if it gets wet.
On the door locks, the wood doors on my 41 had a little slider on the passenger side that slid in around the square rod and keeps it from turning (unless you turn it hard and then the two little tangs just bend apart). It is TOTALLY inneffective for locking the plane. As I said before the outside handles were from a garage door and locked with a house key but the little inside lock was there. I don't see how it could have been useful for anything. By the way the 41 had wood doors and the 45 has steel tube doors.
Hank

[Len Petterson]

Locks and doorhandels

The Fleet Canuck I use to fly some years ago hade a 1/4" rod wich went trougth the doors with a folding pin on one end and a small padlock on the other. A hole for it was drilled in each door.
I am considering a wire as my rigth door has a T-handel on the inside wish I can put a wire loop over put I have yet to figure out what to do on the other side. I am considering turning the outside handel the wrong way. But I dont like what.
I would not mind some propper door locks, Maybe some trailerplaces,What does Airstream use.
I am considering this a detail as one, wich should I will give in to for modern needs as I have valuable and nessesary equipment in the aircrafts today. My saftey comes first.
Len Petterson

[Yellow Duck]

Nice door handles

All the handles are simular to mine, I was looking for something that i could lock with a key, to keep people from opening the doors without my permission and maybe rmoving articles I would like to keep. Can't keep thiefs out, I know. Just want to keep honest people honest.

[David Price]

One of the flush mount locking door handles that I've seen was from a mobil home screen door. eekeek:
Seen this on an aircraft at one of the fly-ins last year.

Would not do this to mine!
Or, wood eye?: