Thread: Door latch

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Here's a BearClaw - small model - for a 31 trunk lid.

There's a 1/8" steel backup plate so as to spread the load.
The 4th bolt - the latch only requires three bolts - is there to keep the backup plate in place when the latch is removed along with spreading the load a little more.

The release cable is a diesel truck item and perhaps a little heavy, but it operates smoothly and a similar one I have is still going strong after 14 years.

The release cable and latch will be covered with a half round sheet metal protector.
Nothing quite like having stuff in the trunk keeping the latch from opening.

Been there, done that with a rumble seat car . . . never again . . . rumble seats anyway....