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  • Jimmy G.
    Very Frequent User
    • November 1, 1979
    • 975

    Door Locks

    What year did the little indent where you insert the key in the door lock disappear?
    Founder - Carolinas Chapter NCRS
  • Gary B.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • February 1, 1997
    • 6979

    #2
    Re: Door Locks

    Jimmy,

    I haven’t studied this extensively, but I had an exchange with Bill Caldwell around 2011 and this question came up. Bill taught me a several interesting things about door locks that I had never paid attention to before. He told me the dimple in the shutter or wiper piece existed for ‘66 and earlier door locks (see photo), and that 67 door locks do not have the dimple. But I later learned that the story is a bit more complicated than that. The ‘68 Corvette had a one-year-only door look style, which was a round, push button with the lock cylinder located within the push button. Those ‘68 push button door locks do indeed have the dimple in the shutter. I presume, for 1969 and later, with the return to the ‘67-style door locks that was secured to the door panel, the shutters have no dimple. Like for ‘67. But I haven’t looked specifically at ‘69s and newer C3 years to confirm that. Maybe some owners of ‘69s will chime in and show us a close-up photo or two.

    Gary

    Door lock with dimple in shutter; ‘66 and earlier
    IMG_7890.jpg

    Here’s a original door lock for a ‘67, with no dimple in the shutter.
    IMG_20230914_080442m.jpg

    And here’s a ‘68 door lock integral to the push button, with the dimple.
    IMG_7891.jpg

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    • Jeffrey S.
      Extremely Frequent Poster
      • May 31, 1988
      • 1879

      #3
      Re: Door Locks

      The door locks on my '69 do not have the dimple.
      Jeff

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      • Gary B.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • February 1, 1997
        • 6979

        #4

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        • Donald S.
          Very Frequent User
          • August 31, 1996
          • 186

          #5
          Re: Door Locks

          Aug 66 built 67
          67 Lock.jpg
          Nov 69 built 69
          69 Lock.jpg
          58
          58 Lock.jpg

          Don

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          • Jimmy G.
            Very Frequent User
            • November 1, 1979
            • 975

            #6
            Re: Door Locks

            thanks everyone
            Founder - Carolinas Chapter NCRS

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